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Reaction is pouring in across Northern California after U.S. and Israeli airstrikes in Iran <\/a>killed the country’s Supreme Leader.<\/p>\n

About four dozen protesters gathered Saturday in front of the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium and walked near 16th and J streets in downtown Sacramento, chanting and speaking out against the war.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are protesting against the war in Iran that just happened this morning,\u201d protester Niko Hernes said. \u201cIt\u2019s disgusting and nasty, and it doesn\u2019t deserve to be happening.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carlos Tapia said the group\u2019s message was simple.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’re just against all the war, because we need more love around the world,\u201d Tapia said.<\/p>\n

Scenes of airstrikes and uncertainty in the Middle East prompted strong reactions locally, but experts say the response among Iranian Americans is more complex.<\/p>\n

Sahar Razavi, an associate professor at California State University, Sacramento, who directs the university\u2019s Iranian and Middle Eastern Studies Center, said emotions range widely.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany people are horrified and terrified. There are some people who are excited, who believe that this might be the push that the regime needs to implode. Typically, what we have seen with military attacks on Iran in the past, it tends to lead to a spike in nationalist sentiment,” Razavi said. “There are also some sectors of Iranian society who are celebrating the attacks. So, in a country of 92 million people, as you might expect, there’s a diversity of opinions and voices, but we’ve already seen heavy casualties of civilians.”<\/p>\n

Regardless of where people stand, Razavi said many Iranian Americans share one immediate concern: reaching loved ones.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne thing that is extremely difficult for Iranian Americans is that we have a very low success rate at getting a hold of our loved ones in Iran to see if they’re OK,\u201d said Razavi.<\/p>\n

As protests unfolded in Sacramento, state officials said they are monitoring the situation.<\/p>\n

California\u2019s Office of Emergency Services said Saturday that while there are no specific or credible threats to California, its teams are working with federal partners and monitoring developments in Iran.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are all waiting to see what happens,\u201d said Razavi.<\/p>\n

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