Many Iranian Americans celebrated the first days of the war, but that excitement is fading into anxiety as they struggle to get news from their loved ones back in Iran amid widespread internet blockades.

But as the war goes on and people have less and less contact with their family and friends in Iran, that attitude is changing, says Iranian American Roozbeh Farahanipour. He’s still in touch with friends in Iran who are lucky enough to have satellite phones, and what he’s hearing is not good. One friend had the windows blown out of her apartment after an explosion.

“And middle of the conversation, phone got disconnected. Right now, it’s almost for 24 hours, they couldn’t find out and talk to them or reach out to them to see if they are alive or not.”