“We are not a monolith,” the Iranian Diaspora Collective, an Instagram account with over 81,000 followers, wrote in a post. “Millions of people will never share the same ideology or identity and that plurality is the strength of any free society.”
Los Angeles-based pastor Ara Torosian, a Christian who moved to the United States from Iran in 2010, said it breaks his heart to see the destruction of historic sites and the deaths of innocent people, especially young children.
But from his perspective, the pain people are suffering now rivals generations of suffering from dissidents who did not support the regime. Torosian said he was jailed and beaten when the Revolutionary Guard found Christian items in his Tehran home.
Like many, he rejoiced when the supreme leader was killed. “This is not happiness you see in the streets,” Torosian said. “We celebrate the hope that this regime will end.”
While he has a “hate-love”
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