Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) - Buffalo attorney Nadia Shahram was really looking forward to a quiet, uneventful weekend.
Didn't happen.
Around 5 a.m. Saturday, a friend called Shahram and told her to turn on the TV. That's when Shahram - and the rest of the country - learned about the joint U.S.-Israeli bombing of Iran.
Even though she has lived in the U.S. for 45 years, Shahram is an Iranian native.
"It created a certain level of chaos inside of me," Shahram said with WBEN. "It's hard to really describe my emotions."
On one hand, Shahram is glad the bombings have resulted in the reported death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Leader who brutalized the country's citizens.
"I feel for the 19 million Iranian women who are my sisters, and had to deal with him and his regime," Shahram said.
Shahram is not alone.
Gov. Kathy Hochul during a Monday meeting in Buffalo agreed that the Khamenei regime had to be removed.
"No one could ever defend that regime," Hochul said.
Yet, Shahram is torn because she - like many Americans - feel that President Donald Trump's unilateral decision to go to war was unwarranted.
"What he did was not the proper way to go to war," Shahram said.
According to the Washington Post, some 52% of those surveyed during the weekend oppose the war.
Trump says "Operation Epic Fury," through Monday afternoon, hit 1,250 key Iranian targets, while sinking 11 Iranian ships in the Gulf of Oman.
Operation Epic Fury has reportedly killed 555 members of Iran's Red Crescent Society.
Hochul says the bombing attacks was unnecessary when diplomatic channels were still available.
"Americans are sick of all these endless wars," Hochul said.
What has made Shahram feel good is all the support she has received since Saturday from friends, clients, associates and acquaintances.
"It is comforting," she said.
And while Shahram doesn't have any immediate relatives left in Iran, she remains hopeful that a new regime may emerge and turn the strife-torn country into a more peaceful nation.
"People I talked to over there are more hopeful than some of the people I talked to here in Buffalo," Shahram said.