Iranians take to the streets to celebrate Khamenei’s death

Iraqi Shiites carry a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a protest against US and Israeli attacks on Iran at a bridge leading to Green Zone where the US embassy is located, in Baghdad on February 28, 2026. Several hundred people protested against the US-Israeli strikes on Iran near the US embassy in Baghdad on February 28, AFP journalists said. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)

Large crowds of Iranians poured into the streets of Tehran and other cities across Iran overnight, celebrating the news that Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had been killed during a day of coordinated U.S. and Israeli attacks. The ayatollah’s death, after nearly 40 years of aut

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