War is rippling through their ancestral land — waged against the country where they live. This week, Iranian Americans already trying to navigate a push-pull of worry and hope unleashed by this month’s conflict have been wrestling with a new concern: how — or even whether — to celebrate Nowruz, the Iranian new year. Division within the Iranian diaspora is not new, but the backdrop of war amplifies it while the coming of Nowruz puts a spotlight on it. And for young Iranian Americans it is highlighting generational divides, too, and prompting reflections on what it means to be Iranian from afar.
