War With Iran: Day 27

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Welcome to Nightline.

This is a special edition war with Iran.

I'm Deborah Roberts.

On this episode, how some young Iranian-Americans are showing their own form of resistance.

I'm going to be on the dance floor all night.

Creating space to celebrate their culture as they grapple with the uncertainty of war.

I think everyone right now needs this event because all of us have felt so alone.

We're going to take you inside a world inspired by a revolution,

where young people are finding joy and community against all odds.

Plus, President Trump's new threat, urging Iranian officials to accept his ceasefire proposal,

quote, before it's too late.

In Washington, a growing number of the president's own party appearing more uncomfortable with the idea of American boots on the ground in Iran.

That would be a concern to me.

I think that if the president decides to commit troops on the ground, he needs to come talk to us in Congress.

That's a major step.

ABC's Rachel Scott is at the White House.

While the conflict in Iran continues to rage on, we're going to shift focus each day on this single topic.

War with Iran.

Nightline special coverage continues.

This is day 27.

Stay with us after the break.

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The war with Iran now in its fourth week.

As the conflict rages on in Iran, young Iranian Americans are coping with the stress and concern for their ancestral homeland.

And for some family and friends under siege.

Many taking up what might seem like an unusual form of resistance.

They enjoy and community on throwback Eradance floors.

ABC's Ushering Singh is in New York.

This pop-up party in New York City's downtown has a deeper meaning that meets the eye.

It's a celebration of the Persian New Year, no ruse.

Scenes here, reminiscent of the disco culture that thrived in Iran before the hardline

regime took over in 1979.

A lot of the music that we're playing tonight came out of Iran before the revolution happened,

but also mixed in the new that still has that heart.

The dancing hosted by Club Joom, which translates to soul.

Attracting younger Iranian Americans for a night out grooving to the sounds of their homeland.

I'm going to be on the dance floor all night.

A reprieve, especially amidst the distress from a war happening 6,000 miles away, that

many, if not all, find themselves connected to.

Dancing and music brings us together instead of mourning what was lost.

Everyone right now needs this event because all of us have felt so alone.

Around the 1970s, cities like Tehran stood as cultural giants in the region.

Hubs of music, film, art and poetry.

In 1979, there was a revolution and you saw a major wave of Iranians fleeing and lose

everything and start from scratch.

The music and dance scene was pushed underground, though many Iranians kept the culture alive

behind closed doors.

For those in the States, they're reclaiming their culture and living it out loud, especially now.

Noters is marked on the spring in Kwanakhs.

This is something that brings Iranians together.

I know that this year, it's come with mixed feelings and emotions and for many Iranians,

they are hoping for a new Iran.

We're at an Iranian nose market in New York.

Omid of Shah is a first generation Iranian American.

I'm an Iranian content creator.

It's been something I started over two years ago and it's grown into something I never

really dreamt of it becoming.

Here's a phrase in a far-seed that makes no sense in English.

You grew up following more than a hundred thousand, sharing his personal journey to reconnect

with his heritage on social media.

I'm about to show you how to make Shivit Pola and Moura Ramesh, my dad's favorite meal.

You got to be getting married now.

This is pure Iranian food.

Were you proud growing up Iranian?

Of course.

But when you grow up from immigrant parents who fled Iran right before the revolution,

you are kind of creating your own narrative of what it's like to be Iranian in America.

And there are times growing up when I wanted to also try to fit in with the American crowd

that I was going to school with.

So I want to say, I had this realization over the last couple years of living in New

York that I was longing to feel that connection.

Omed, taking it one step further, launching Club June, bring Iranians together in real life.

We go to different bars or restaurants and we listen to Iranian music.

Growing up, going to my parents' parties, Iranian music was something that was always around

me.

And I realized why don't we have any spaces like that?

My first Persian party in New York, let's go.

We're literally in the space where we had our first Club June masquerade and it's grown

into something much more deeper than I had ever imagined.

I saw this kid started posting stuff about Iranian restaurants and food and stuff and

then he reached out that he wanted to come here.

Masquerade is one of the go-to spots for Persian cuisine and nightlife in the city.

Started by these Iranian musicians who left their country for New York more than 15 years

ago.

It's the summer that we can't practice that freely and then suddenly there's chances

that you can do it and then you do it and create a space that people can come and eat

food, be together, listen to good music and just be whoever they are and to be able to

create a space like this is incredible.

Sometimes me and him just out of nowhere we talk about it and we tear up.

It's very surreal to be able to do this.

I want to create spaces where people can come together and especially in our time, togetherness

and tenderness is actually a radical act.

This go-terran founded by Arya Gavemiin is one of the most unique nori's gatherings

in the west right here in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

What are you looking for in two most Persian songs?

Persian songs the songs that you grew up listening to?

It's hard for me.

This is the best thing that we can do in this time is just to play music.

It's not your typical nori's party.

This go-terran is multicultural in nature, bringing together music across backgrounds and

DJs who play Iranian pop from the 70s, like the legendary singer Gugush.

And I see people, both Iranians, who are freaking out, but also non-Iranians because the

energy gets transferred from one person to another who is expression of dance and togetherness.

So for me, that is the go-terran itself.

Arya moved from Tehran to the US, eventually calling New York City home.

In 2018, he started having small gatherings of food and music in his cramped Chinatown

apartment.

Tell me a little bit about the early days of this go-terran.

I was craving something that I missed so deeply in my own life, which is the sense of connection

with people who inspire me, but that sense of inspiration and closeness doesn't necessarily

mean that you need to be from the same culture.

As this go-terran's lore expanded, it's popped up in Paris, Mexico City, Los Angeles,

and even Rome.

The dance for ease a place of resistance, really, is a place for us to embrace humanity,

embrace this moment of being together in a world that is very radically pushing us away

from each other.

How do you deal with the weight of what's going on in your home country?

Here you are sitting across from me smiling.

Oh, I'm smiling because the interesting thing about, I think, Iranians and also a lot

of people from my region is that that's the defense against the darkness that we live

in.

And no matter who you talk to from the diaspora, the existential feeling of hope makes

with despair, looms large, as they long for a brighter future for Iran.

We know it is about the hope and the renewal and freedom, and this will remind us who we

are and why we're here.

Our thanks to Ashen.

When we come back, President Trump's new ultimatum to Iran, extending the deadline to

open the street of her moves, what he's threatening to do if they don't comply.

They want to make a deal.

The reason they want to make a deal is they have been just peaked at it.

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We turn now to more developments in the war in Iran.

Today an Israeli strike killed Iran's top navy commander and President Trump's new threat

urging Iranian officials to accept the ceasefire proposal quote before it's too late.

All while U.S. lawmakers are becoming increasingly concerned about an American boots on the ground

scenario.

ABC senior political correspondent Rachel Scott is at the White House.

Tonight, President Trump announcing he's extending the deadline for Iran to reopen the

straight of her moves by 10 days until just after Easter.

If Iran doesn't comply, the president says he'll bomb their crucial power plants.

They want to make a deal.

The reason they want to make a deal is they have been just peaked to.

Iran flatly insists there are no talks, but acknowledges trading messages with the U.S.

using Pakistan as a go between.

Today in his cabinet meeting, the president says he doesn't care if there's a deal or

not.

I read a story today that I'm desperate to make a deal, I'm not, I don't, if I was desperate,

he'd be the first to know me, let's get that out of there.

I'm, I'm the opposite of desperate, I don't care.

On Capitol Hill, growing concern from Republicans and Democrats that President Trump is preparing

to put American boots on the ground.

Up to 1,500 pair of troopers from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division now heading to the Middle

East.

The president seems bent on a path toward putting our sons and daughters in harm's way that

is reflected in the classified briefings I receive, as well as the public actions.

The Republican chairman of the House Armed Services Committee complains we're just

not getting enough answers, a theme from several Republicans today.

Should the American people be prepared for American troops on the ground in Iran, and is that

something that you're comfortable with?

I don't know.

I think that if the president decides to commit troops on the ground, he needs to, he needs

to come talk to us in Congress.

That's a major step.

Is that something that you would be comfortable with personally?

I will.

I hope it would not come to that.

That would, that would be a concern to me.

Our thanks to Rachel.

We hope you'll join us tomorrow for another special edition of Nightline, War with Iran.

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