As an Iranian Australian I feel helpless watching the war unfold and pray for peace – but prayer must be coupled with action | Dellaram Vreeland

My family fled Iran in 1979 as members of a religious minority. Now we watch from the safety of Australia as our community is persecuted again As a second-generation Iranian migrant, I’ve been suffocated by helplessness over the past two months as my spiritual brothers and sisters in Iran fight for a sense of freedom in their home country. Now, as war hits the region , millions of Iranians living around the world watch with trepidation, praying for peace in the face of yet another harrowing conflict.