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‘My Brother Could Go To War’: San Antonio Teens React To US-Iranian Tension

Camille Phillips / Texas Public Radio
High school students participating in a Model United Nations conference at Trinity University in San Antonio raise their placards to speak during a delegate committee session Jan. 9, 2020.

Young people express fear of war, and of s potential military draft.

From Texas Public Radio:

Less than 48 hours afterIran hit two U.S. bases in Iraq in retaliation forthe death of their military leader, Qassem Soleimani, hundreds of high school students converged in San Antonio for a Model United Nations conference.

Students in charge of organizing the conference said that the situation with Iran feels personal for them and their friends.

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