“Israel wants to commit genocide against people of Palestine, against people of Gaza, and they see Iran as an obstacle to this.”
Family friends killed. Relatives displaced. Childhood homes in Tehran destroyed. Fears for the safety of loved ones and concern that Iran was imminently about to fall victim to yet another American-backed war for regime change, and the chaos and carnage this would inevitably bring.
After Israel launched its unprovoked attacks on Iran on June 13, followed by American bombings on three nuclear facilities this past weekend, Iranian Canadians struggled to check on their relatives amid internet blackouts, fearing the worst was just around the corner.
Although a delicate ceasefire is in place — for now — the U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign and the Canadian government’s response to the aggression left many feeling enraged and abandoned.
The attacks killed an estimated 950 people in Iran, including 380 civilians. A further 1,564 civilians were reportedly injured. Israel’s targets included hospitals and residential buildings.
Nazanin Moghadami, an Iranian Canadian organizer who came to Canada as a student around 20 years ago, stayed with family in Iran for the festival of Nowruz earlier this year. Israel has since bombed every city she visited, including her two hometowns. (more...)
Carney Justified Attacks While Iranian Canadians Feared The Worst
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