Even from Missouri, an Iranian-American feels the toll of war and oppression ^48.3%

STLPR - By Emily Woodbury - 4/10/2026, 2:51 PM

Negativity Bias 30.8% - Framing Effect 16.8% - Anecdotal 12.9%

For Iranian-American Dorsa Derakhshani, the perils faced by the more than 90 million people who live in Iran began well before the U.S. and Israel started a war with the country on February 28. “[The Iranian government has] been oppressing Iranian people for almost the past five decades,” she said. “It's just a different type of unsafety... more