Tehrangeles Watches a Potential Turning Point After Iran Strikes

In Los Angeles’ Tehrangeles, Iranian-Americans celebrate what they hope could be a turning point after U.S. and Israeli strikes against Iran, with crowds waving the pre-1979 flag and calling it a Berlin Wall–style moment. Supporters of Trump view the strikes as vindication and a possible path to regime change, while many Iranian-American Democrats worry the action was a unilateral war of choice and stress the need for congressional authorization and coalition-building. The piece also notes that even among supporters there is caution that killing Iran’s top leaders may not dismantle the Islamic Republic, and highlights a split within the community about the best path forward.