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Even days into a fragile ceasefire, Hamidreza Nourzadeh said he’s still checking for news from Iran with a mix of dread and hope—unsure whether the past month of war has brought his homeland closer to liberation or deeper into danger.
Across Philadelphia’s Iranian diaspora, that uncertainty has become a defining emotion of the war’s second month. Some residents welcomed the deaths of the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and top Iranian officials, who they see as brutal oppressors, while others have protested U.S. military escalation in the streets of Philadelphia…