Iranian American couple from California speaks out against anti-war protests: ‘It is a rescue mission’

When an Iranian American hubby and woman spot protests against the warfare with Iran successful the United States, they shudder, recalling surviving and being raised nether a authorities that "controlled" their young lives.

Since its start, Operation Epic Fury has drawn scrutiny from the American public, inspiring anti-war protests crossed the country. 

Behzad Hemmati and Rahil Nazarian some had the accidental to travel to America from Iran arsenic young adults. 

Decades later, Hemmati, 50, and Nazarian, 42, told Fox News Digital that they are watching the concern unfold from their caller location successful Southern California, and to them, this struggle isn’t a war, it’s a "rescue mission."

Born nether the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Hemmati recalls helium was excessively young to acquisition the "good things" earlier the Islamic Revolution successful 1979 overthrew Pahlavi's reign.

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Smoke and flames are disposable aft U.S. and Israeli strikes connected Iranian subject sites. ( Sasan / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)

"I came present [just due to the fact that of] my earthy personality, I couldn’t carnivore with the things that [were] happening [in Iran]," Hemmati said.

He recalled his beingness arsenic a teen and said, "You privation to beryllium yourself, to beryllium free," but shared that what Western civilization considers a "normal" teenage life, wasn’t allowed successful Iran.

"You privation to dance, you privation to bent retired with your friends, but we couldn’t … girls and boys [are] ever separate," Hemmati explained. "This is however [the government] control[s] you, this is however [they] interruption you successful pieces and instrumentality that beauteous beingness that you tin person [and] instrumentality it distant from you."

Nazarian was calved during the Iran-Iraq War successful the 1980s. Her begetter was a teacher and aft the Islamic Revolution, she explained that the Islamic Republic took her family’s home, their onshore and her begetter was incapable to work.

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A demonstrator shouts anti-war slogans portion participating successful a protestation adjacent the White House, Feb. 28, successful Washington, D.C. (Probal Rashid/LightRocket via Getty Images)

"After [Ayatollah Ruhollah] Khomeini came and took over, they fired [my father] due to the fact that they told him, ‘You enactment during Shah, you don’t merit this," Nazarian said.

Murderous regime

In an affectional moment, she recalled her begetter being brought backmost and distant betwixt Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) camps until 1 day, helium did not travel back.

"They were executing astir of his household members," Nazarian said. 

"One day, helium went, and they told him, ‘Oh, we person a program for you, we’re gonna springiness you backmost everything we took to you, we’re going to springiness it backmost to you,’" Nazarian recalled. "He near location [that day], helium ne'er came back."

Since the archetypal strikes successful Operation Epic Fury that began successful the early-morning hours of Feb. 28, the struggle has struck a chord with the American public, starring to backlash against the Trump administration.

Still, erstwhile Hemmati and Nazarian spot protests against subject action, Hemmati told Fox News Digital that they "don’t understand."

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People march successful an anti-Iranian authorities rally successful Los Angeles. (Jonathan Alcorn / AFP via Getty Images)

"People should recognize [here], those that they don’t understand," helium said. "People are going connected the thoroughfare and saying nary to war, I tin archer you 100%, they person nary idea."

The cognition has besides garnered enactment from galore successful the Iranian American community. 

Hemmati said protests successful favour of U.S. subject enactment successful the state person sprung up astir Southern California, and that helium attends an lawsuit astir each weekend. He says this is simply a mode for radical to beryllium the dependable for radical wrong Iran who are successful favour of the operation.

"[Iranian’s] wrong Iran privation to amusement the satellite — obviously, they can’t bash thing due to the fact that everything is disconnected from Iran — but that’s wherefore we’re going retired to beryllium their voice," Hemmati said.

Family successful Iran

Nazarian and Hemmati said they spoke to relatives inactive surviving successful Iran and contempt changeless bombardments adjacent their homes, they’re "glad this is happening."

"No substance what happens, nary substance if we suffer our house, nary substance if the full location is destroyed, arsenic agelong arsenic we’re live to combat back, we’re inactive grateful and happy," Hemmati said.

"They were thanking President [Donald] Trump and said, it’s OK, we person to wage the terms for freedom," Nazarian continued.

Hemmati said by targeting circumstantial IRGC locations the cognition is "cutting the regime’s bloodlines."

"They’re targeting those precise peculiar places for their government," Hemmati said. "Once they’re eliminated, past it’s clip for radical to spell out."

Once able, Nazarian and Hemmati said they’ll beryllium connected the archetypal formation to Iran to spot household for a long-overdue visit.

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"[Our] kids are truthful thirsty to spot their cousins, their family, due to the fact that I don’t person immoderate household [in the US]," Nazarian said. "I haven’t seen them for 9 years [and Hemmati] hasn’t been determination for 19 years."

"[This] is what I’ve been waiting for [for 47 years]," Hemmati said. "Unfortunately, we’re going to suffer immoderate lives successful this rescue ngo … but again, radical are saying wrong Iran, they’re saying, ‘How galore are we gonna lose? … We’re acceptable to sacrifice again until we get to [freedom].’"