A recent community survey revealed near-unanimous support among Iranian Canadians for regime change in Iran. Respondents also expressed a desire for at least normal diplomatic relations with Israel in the future.

Iran has demanded evidence regarding protest killings, while UN experts have highlighted discrepancies between official figures and grassroots estimates, compounding the anguish of families.

'Seeing these people chanting what I was hearing from those who were beating me on the streets of Tehran is traumatizing,' says democracy advocate Ghazal Shokri

There's a mix of reactions from Iranian Canadians in Ottawa on Saturday in the wake of U.S. and Israeli airstrikes targeting their home country.