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I fled Iran’s terror — Trump’s courage is an answer to my prayers

The strikes President Donald Trump launched against Iran Saturday are not just military operations — they are the answer to decades of prayers by Iranians who have suffered under tyranny.

And they represent the first time an American president has truly come to the rescue of the Iranian people.

I was born and raised in Iran, where my family lived under the grip of an authoritarian theocracy.

Growing up in the 1980s, my classrooms were filled with anti-Western indoctrination and “Death to America” chants.

Yet to most of us, America was a symbol of justice and freedom from fear.

In those same classrooms, we passed around forbidden tapes of Bon Jovi, Guns N’ Roses and Red Hot Chili Peppers, letting us experience a taste of the joy and liberty possible in America.

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After my family fled the regime’s persecution targeting those of our Jewish and Baha’i faith, America gave us........

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