Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has declared the nation will observe five days of mourning following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a devastating helicopter crash in the mountainous northwest of the country yesterday.
But there are plenty of Iranians who are instead celebrating the unexpected death of the president, who has earned a reputation as a brutal, hardline executor of Khamenei’s will.
The daughters of Minoo Majidi – a 62-year-old Iranian woman who was one of hundreds of people shot dead by security services during the nationwide fallout following the death of Mahsa Amini in September 2022 – shared a video to social media raising a glass to the president’s demise.
That clip was followed swiftly by two more Iranian women, Mersedeh Shahinkar and Sima Moradbeigi, dancing and smiling in response to the news Raisi’s helicopter had plunged into the mountainside.
Shahinkar was blinded by the security forces’ brutality amid the 2022 protests, while Moradbeigi lost the use of one of her arms after an armed guard blasted her elbow apart from point-blank range.
A slew of other videos shared to social media appeared to show people setting off fireworks in the streets of Tehran in celebration – though these clips are yet to be verified.
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Author: Marty Kaufmann
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