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https://apnews.com/article/iran-iraq-us-israel-trump-march-19-2026-52e94398f2432b3aba9b02b51fbe5000
Israel hits Tehran with airstrikes on Persian New Year

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Iranian diaspora marks Nowruz with heavy hearts as war cuts contact with loved ones

Some of the diners who come to Ghadimi’s restaurant for flame-grilled kebabs and spiced rice hope the war will bring a new dawn. Other can’t see past the deaths and destruction wrought by Israeli and U.S. strikes.

“I have people in tears. I have people who cry for joy. They say, ‘Did you see? They are coming. We are going to be saved.’ Others say, ‘Our country is being destroyed,’” she said.