The split screen

In Southern California — home to the largest Iranian diaspora outside Iran — simultaneous rallies celebrated and condemned the strikes. Iranian-Americans waved the Lion and Sun flag; antiwar coalitions waved Palestinian flags. The same city, the same day, opposite meanings extracted from the same event. ANSWER Coalition, DSA, CodePink, and the National Iranian American Council call the strikes illegal. The Iranian diaspora sees the death of their oppressor. *The gap: both readings are sincere. B ...