At the time of the Revolution in 1979, Googoosh was in Los Angeles. However, feeling homesick, she decided to return to homeland. In response to why she remained in homeland after the revolution, she said that it was “out of love of her for her homeland.Despite being a symbol of many things that the revolution tried to overturn, especially related to perceptions of excessive Westernization, Googoosh remained in Iran for years afterward.