4 days ago
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
Iranian Exiles Watch Israel's Attacks With Joy Tainted by Fear
BERLIN—Expatriates flock to the Hedayat bookstore, a hub of Iranian culture on Berlin's busy Kantstrasse, to sample saffron lemonade and sticky pistachio cake, read Persian poetry and criticize the Islamic Republic.
But Israel's strikes on the regime and its nuclear program have driven a wedge into Germany's 300,000-strong Iranian community, exposing a spectrum of hopes and fears for Iran's future.
