‘Sense of doom’: fear and foreboding over Iran war among London’s divided diaspora

While some Iranian exiles took to the streets in support of the US and Israeli attacks, not all are in celebratory mood Sara* arranged slices of watermelon on a plate and poured mint tea into glass mugs. Outside her window, in north Finchley, lies the stretch of London known affectionately as Little Tehran, home to one of the UK’s largest Iranian communities. “When the bombing happened, the streets here went crazy,” she said.