Iranians celebrate announcement of Ali Khamenei’s death

Videos from the AFP news agency show dozens of Iranians celebrating after attacks by the US and Israel on Saturday (28).

The images show several people drinking and dancing in Karaj, a city about 44 km from the capital Tehran, and in Galleh Dar.

Iran’s state media confirmed late Saturday night (Brasília time) the death of its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in the United States and Israel operation against the country. According to the Fars news agency, the daughter, son-in-law and grandson of the second head of state since the Iranian revolution also died.

Since 1989, Khamenei was the country’s supreme leader. He Succeeded Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeiniresponsible for establishing the Islamic republic in Iran.

Previously, in a publication on the social network Truth Social, . In the post, the Republican said that the ayatollah was “one of the most evil people in history”.

Trump stated that the death of the Iranian supreme leader does not represent “justice only to the Iranian people, but to all the great North Americans and to those from many countries who were killed or maimed” by Iran’s theocratic regime.

More than 200 dead

The US and Israeli attacks on Iran this Saturday killed at least 201 peopleaccording to the Iranian NGO Red Crescent.

Mojtaba Khaledi, the entity’s spokesperson, said that 747 people were injured and 24 of Iran’s 31 provinces were reached. This is the first global assessment of the attack released by the official Iranian press.

The joint operation between the US and Israel began this Saturday morning with smoke being seen over Tehran after attacks that Tel-aviv classified as preventive. Shortly thereafter, Trump used his Truth Social platform to post a surprise video statement announcing US combat operations in Iran, with the aim of “eliminating imminent threats.”