The day after the U.S. and Israel started bombing Iran, Virginia Defender editor Phil Wilayto wrote to an old friend in Tehran, author and filmmaker Habib Ahmadzadeh, and asked if he and his family were OK. The following are emails we have received from Habib.

The Virginia Defenders strongly condemn the strikes on Iran and we fully oppose U.S. intervention in the sovereignty of other states. Rally Sunday, March 1, 2pm at the Federal Courthouse at 701 E. Broad Street, Richmond VA.