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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles

‘It’s not an invasion, it’s a liberation’: LA’s Iranian community speaks out after US strikes Tehran

Demonstrators wave flags and march in celebration following the US and Israeli strikes in Iran, in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday.
Demonstrators wave flags and march in celebration following the US and Israeli strikes in Iran, in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday. Photograph: Jill Connelly/Reuters

A decade ago, when Iran signed an agreement with the Obama administration and five other countries to give up its ambitions for a nuclear weapon, Alaleh Kamran was staunchly on the political left and welcomed the prospect of peace in the country of her birth.

Now, though, as Israel and the US launched punishing airstrikes on Iran, she finds herself in a dramatically different headspace.

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