TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 As tensions and threats of destruction continue to escalate, Iranians in Tampa Bay are concerned for the family they have in the embattled country.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a regime that has been chanting death to Israel, death to America for 47 years,\u201d Amir Ardebily told 8 On Your Side.<\/p>\n
Trump is putting pressure on Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and some Iranians agree with the commander in chief that international security is at risk.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were on their way to having a nuclear weapon. No matter what anybody wants to say. I am from there. I was born and raised in Iran. I know what the government has done to these people, and I know what they have been saying forever,\u201d Ardebily said.<\/p>\n
Florida horse rescue owners arrested for 38 counts of animal cruelty, sheriff says <\/a><\/p>\n Others say there was, and continues to be, a path forward without violence, hoping to protect the lives of the family they\u2019ve left behind.<\/p>\n \u201cOrdinary people, they can get killed if something happens. They\u2019re not going to have water. They\u2019re not going to have power. You know, war. Everybody knows it\u2019s a disaster. So we feel bad about them, but at the same time, we are hopeless. I am helpless,\u201d Kavoosh Khosh said.<\/p>\n Both sides of the aisle believe the next few days will be decisive for those who remain in Iran and those who will spend their nights praying at home thousands of miles away.<\/p>\n At around 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Trump announced<\/a> that a temporary, two-week ceasefire negotiated by Pakistan would be put in place, assuming Iran agrees to immediately open the Straight of Hormuz.<\/p>\n