'Sovereignty at stake', Iranian diaspora says

Dr Behzad Dowran, who has been living in New Zealand for eight years, said the attacks violated international law.

“On 28 February, Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed by joint US and Israel attacks on his residence”

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He expressed anger that Iran was struck "in the middle of negotiations."

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Dowran, who was in Tehran in January and witnessed protests that "saw thousands of people killed," said: "Nobody has the right, no country has the right to invade another country and kill the head of another country."

He added: "And I am sorry and I am very sad that I see my Iranian comrades here think this is a thing that they may celebrate."

An anonymous Iranian interviewed by Here Now emphasised the community's diversity, saying "whatever the people inside Iran want that is what should matter most."

They said a lasting solution "must come from inside Iran, not imposed from outside."

They added that while approaches differ, "most of us want the same ultimate goal -a better, freer, more dignified future for Iranians."