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Iranian-Americans want regime gone — aside from a few gun-running social media mavens

The Trump administration has been cracking down on a handful of Iranian residents who have ties to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and have even allegedly been involved in gun-running while living lavish lifestyles in LA. That may leave the impression that this community might not support attempts to overthrow the Islamic Republic.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

In reality, California’s Persian community is overwhelmingly opposed to the regime.

A survey done recently by the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans found that barely 3% of Iranian-Americans favor the current regime, while an additional 8% would welcome a reformed Islamic Republic. 

Among regime opponents, 11%  would like to see a constitutional monarchy, while 55% would like a parliamentary democracy.

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That suggests that any attempt from the outside to put Reza Pahlavi, the son of the late Shah, on the throne would likely be opposed by many Iranian-Americans.

“A lot of people who support the Shah have never lived under him,” suggests 81-year-old Kamron Jabbari, a prominent publisher of books about Iranian culture, who came to the US at age 19.

To be sure, some pro-regime Iranian “nepo babies”  live here, and have done so with an abandon that would get them whipped or worse back in the home country.

This includes Hamideh Soleimani Afshar, the niece of the late Revolutionary Guard General Qassem........

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