From California to New York, Iranian Americans fear for relatives in their homeland as war continues

By AMY TAXIN, CLAIRE GALOFARO, SAFIYAH RIDDLE and ED WHITE, Associated Press

LOS ANGELES  — Many in the Iranian American diaspora spent several days glued to their televisions, watching the news of U.S. and Israeli bombs falling on Iran, some clinging to hope it might bring a brighter future to their homeland but terrified their relatives will suffer in a new Middle East war with no certain end.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who ruled Iran for decades while violently crushing dissent, was killed early in the attack.