Tehrangeles on edge: For U.S. Persian Jews, the Israel-Iran war hit close to home

Los Angeles is home to an estimated 22,500 Persian Jews, many of them strong supporters of Donald Trump, who had hoped he might 'finish the job.' For those with relatives in both Israel and Iran, the 12-day war felt especially personal and nerve-racking

PALO ALTO – As the daughter of Iranian immigrants, Tarlan Rabizadeh has long dreamed of visiting her family's homeland and connecting with her roots. Her parents left Shiraz before the 1979 revolution to attend college in the United States. They expected to return, but after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini overthrew the Shah and established an Islamic theocracy, they never did.

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