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Thousands of Iranians

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now call Wisconsin home.

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I spoke to two of them

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about the war.

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They expressed worry and concern

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for loved ones

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as the bombings

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and military strikes

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now stretch into

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their third week.

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I'm Steven Potter

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a reporter

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with PBS Wisconsin news.

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The two Iranian Americans

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that I spoke to in Milwaukee

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are stressed

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because the government

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there in Iran

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has cut off the internet

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and that makes communication

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with family

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nearly impossible.

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Still, both of them

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want to see the current regime

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in Iran overthrown.

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In its place, they want

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a democratic republic

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with free and fair elections.

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But they also know to achieve

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that, it will mean

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more devastation

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and destruction

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in their native country of Iran.

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For more on this

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and to see

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my interviews about it

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find my story at

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pbswisconsin.org