Iranian Americans anxiously watch conflict unfold in Middle East

HERE AT HOME ARE WATCHING ANXIOUSLY AND HOPEFULLY TO SEE WHAT'S NEXT. ANXIOUSLY AND HOPEFULLY TO SEE WHATAT'S NEXT. HERE IS MORGAN CHESKY. SEE WHAT'S NEXT. HERE IS MORGAN CHESKY. >> FOR IRANIANS THE WORLD IS. HERE IS MORGAN CHESKY. >> FOR IRANIANS THE WORLD IS GOING TO BE A BETTER P PLACE. >> FOR IRANIANS THE WORLD IS GOING TO BE A BETTER PLACE. >>>> Reporter: TONIGHT FROM. >> Reporter: TONIGHT FROM COAST TO COAST A FLOOD OF EMOTIONS FOR THE MORE THTHAN. COAST TO COAST A FLOOD OF EMOTIONS FOR THE MORE THAN HALF MILLION IRANINIANS WHO NOW. EMOTIONS FOR THE MORE THAN HALF MILLION IRANIANS WHO NOW CALL THE UNITED STATES H HOME. HALF MILLION IRANIANS WHO NOW CALL THE UNITED STATES HOME. >> ALL THE DIASPORA OF THE. CALL THE UNITED STATES HOME. >> ALL THE DIASPORA OF THE IRANIANS ARE CHANTING AND. >> ALL THE DIASPORA OF THE IRANIANS ARE CHANTING AND EXCITED BECAUSE WE SEE. IRANIANS ARE CHANTING AND EXCITED BECAUSE WE SEE FREEDOM AT HAND. EXCITED BECAUSE WE SEE FREEDOM AT HAND.D. >> Reporter: THEIR GLIMPSE OF. FREEDOM AT HAND. >> Reporter: THEIR GLIMPSE OF FREEDOM MANY THOUGHT WOULD. >> Reporter: THEIR GLIMPSE OF FREEDODOM MANY THOUGHT WOULD NEVER COME AFTER A REGIME. FREEDOM MANY THOUGHT WOULD NEVER COME AFTER A REGEGIME THAT'S LASTED NEARLY 50.

THAT'S LASTED NEARLY 50 YEARS. NOW AS IRANIANS LOOK TO THE. YEARS. NOW AS IRANIANS LOOK TO THE COUNTRY'S FUTURE, SOME. NOW AS IRANIANS LOOK TO THE COUNTRY'S FUTURE, SOME REACHINGNG FOR ITS PAST. COUNTRY'S FUTURE, SOME REACHING FOR ITS P PAST. >> GET BACK TO HOW IRAN WAS. REACHING FOR ITS PAST. >> GET BACK TO HOW IRAN WAS IN THE '60s ANAND THE '70s AND, >> GET BACK TO HOW IRAN WAS IN THE '60s AND THE '70s AND, YOU KNOW, A DEMOCRCRACY WHERE. IN THE '60s AND THE '70s AND, YOU KNOW, A DEMOCRACY WHERE THERE'S FREEDOM AND D PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, A DEMOCRACY WHERE THERE'S FREEDODOM AND PEOPLE HAVE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT OF. THERE'S FREEDOM AND PEOPLE HAVE, YOYOU KNOW, RIGHT OF SPEECH AND RIGHT OF RELIGION. HAVE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT OF SPEECH AND RIGHT OF RELIGION. >> Reporter: IN NEW YORK'S. SPEECH AND RIGHT OF RELIGION. >> Reporter: IN NEW YORK'S TIMES SQUARE ONE RALLY'S. >> Reporter: IN NEW YORK'S TIMES SQUARE ONE RALLY'S MESSAGE, FREE IRAN HEARD LOUD. TIMES SQUARE ONE RALLY'S MESSAGE, FREE IRAN HEARD LOUD ANAND CLEAR. MESSAGAGE, FREE IRAN HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR. WHILE IN L.A. IN THE. AND CLEAR. WHILE IN L.A. IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWN AS. WHILE IN L.A. IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWN AS TEHRAN-GELES FLAGS COVERING.

NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWN AS TEHRAN-GELES FLAGS COVERING EVERY CORNER WITH LOCALS. TEHRAN-GELES FLAGS COVERING EVERY CORNER WITH LOCALS GRIMINING WITH HOPE. EVERY CORNERER WITH LOCALS GRIMING WITH HOPE. THE LAST TIME CHARLENE. GRIMING WITH HOPE. THE LAST TIME CHARLENENE VISITED HER COUSINS IN IRAN. THE LAST TIME CHARLENE VISITETED HER COUSINS IN IRAN SHE WAS A YOUNG GIRL. VISITED HER COUSINS IN IRAN SHE WAS A YOUNG GIRL. NOW FOR R THE FIRST TIME IN HER. NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HER LIFE SHE BELIEVES BETTER DAYS ARE AHEAEAD. ARE AHEAD. >> DO YOU BELIEVE REAL CHANGE CAN HAPPEN NOW AND HOW? >> DO YOU BELIEVE REAL CHANGE CAN HAPPEN NOW AND HOW? >> I THINK IT WILL CHANGE. CAN HAPPEN NOW AND HOW? >> I THINK IT WILL CHANGE. LIFE WILL BEBE BETTER OVER. LIFE WILL BE BETTER OVER THERE. >> Reporter: AND FOR MOTHER. THERE. >> Reporter: AND FOR MOTHER SEPPI, PRAYERS THAT THIS. >> Reporter: AND FOR MOTHER SEPPI, PRAYERS THAT THTHIS MOMENT MARKS A TURNING POINT. SEPPI, PRAYERS THAT T THIS MOMENT MARKS A TURNING POINT. >> WE WERE OPPRESSED AND SHY. MOMENT MARKS A TURNING POINT. >> WE WERE OPPPPRESSED AND SHY PARENTS LEFT THE COUNTRY SO. PARENTS LEFT THE COUNTRY SO THAT MY SISTER AND I COULD HAVE A FREE E LIFE.

THAT MY SISTER AND I COULD HAVE A FREE LIFE. MY KIDS GET TO SEE A FREE. HAVE A FREE LIFE. MY KIDS GET TO SEE A FREE IRAN.