US EditionCheers, celebrations heard on Tehran streets after reports of Khamenei death: Report
After the US-Israeli strikes killed Iran's Supreme Leader, reactions varied nationwide with celebrations, mourning, panic, and a near-total internet blackout, sources report.
- On March 1, 2026, Tehran residents cheered and launched fireworks shortly after 11 pm, before state TV confirmed Khamenei's death, AFP-verified footage showed.
- Fars News Agency reported that Iran's Supreme Leader was killed and four relatives died in U.S.-Israeli strikes on February 28, 2026.
- Footage verified by Reuters shows celebrations and statue topplings in Dehloran, Karaj and Izeh, while videos captured mourners in Tehran's Enghelab Square.
- The IRGC vowed revenge and Iran responded with retaliatory strikes, closed the Strait of Hormuz, and reported 201 killed and 747 injured, according to Iran's Red Crescent Society.
- The developments exposed a domestic fault line as some mourned while others celebrated, with the UN and China's Foreign Ministry urging restraint, and analysts cautioning military pressure may be ineffective, said Tang Zhichao.
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Phone, cellphone services cut across Iran as crowds celebrate report of Khamenei death
Iranians filled into the streets of Tehran and other cities overnight to celebrate the news that Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had been killed
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Groups of people have celebrated the death of the supreme leader in several Iranian cities where the pre-revolutionary flag has also been raised
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