Sharing a video of women dancing, Former Spokesman for the State of Israel, Eylon A levy wrote, “Iranian women are dancing in the streets—without hair coverings—after hearing that Israel killed the tyrant Khamenei. So many Western leaders should feel ashamed at their cowardly response this morning. We will all remember.”
He also shared a video of people celebrating the news in London.
“Such a beautiful sight. Iranians and Jews in their diasporas have become best buddies, bonded by a common identity as heirs of ancient civilizations and a loathing for the Islamic regime in Iran,” he wrote.
Khamenei was killed on Sunday in joint airstrikes by US and Israel. Sharing the news on Truth Social, Trump said, “Khamenei, one of the most evil people in history, is dead,”
“He was unable to avoid our Intelligence and Highly Sophisticated Tracking Systems and, working closely with Israel, there was not a thing he, or the other leaders that have been killed along with him, could do,” he added.
Fireworks and music on streets
In a video call with New York Times, three residents showed the scenes unfolding in their neighbourhoods. What was seen was — large crowds of men and women dancing and cheering, shouting, “Woohoo, hurrah.” Drivers passing by honked their car horns. Fireworks lit up the sky and loud Persian dance music filled the streets. Many residents, from their windows and balconies, joined in a chant of “freedom, freedom.”
Sara, a 53-year-old resident of Tehran, told New York times on a phone call that when she heard on the news that Khamenei had been killed, she let out a scream and jumped up and down. Her husband started pacing and they hugged, she said.
“Then we bolted outside and shouted from the top of our lungs and laughed and danced with our neighbors,” Sara said. Just a month ago, she, her husband and daughter were among protesters who took to the streets in an uprising against the government. Security forces beat her and her husband with batons and sprayed tear gas in their eyes, she added.
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Celebrations also took place in Syria, where people were seen on streets clapping, singing, dancing and distributing sweets to celebrate the news.
People in Washington also came out to the streets supporting US’ strikes on Iran and killing of Khamenei. Protestors can be seen holding banners of ‘President Trump, thank you.”
Demonstrators carry a photograph of Reza Pahlavi as people who support the U.S. and Israel strikes on Iran, rally near the White House, Saturday Feb. 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo)
Others were seen tearing an Israeli flag. Posters of Khamenei with caption ‘end the evil’ were also seen flaunting around. People hugged, cried, danced as they celebrated the news.
Two people embrace during a demonstration in reaction to the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo)
Protests erupt in Srinagar
Visuals by news agency ANI show Kashmiri Shia Muslims in Srinagar staging a demonstration at Lal Chowk, protesting the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
A protestor is seen condemning US strikes and killing of Khamenei.
“We have received news from Iran that revolutionary Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is no more. He has been brutally killed by the US and Israel… We are all saddened by this incident,” a protestor said.
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People were seen on streets, holding flags, and photographs of Khamenei to mark their protest.
Protests also marked the streets of United States, including outside the White House and in New York’s Times Square to voice opposition to US military involvement in the region.
“It wasn’t sanctioned by Congress, so what Trump is doing is on his own terms, it’s making him a fascist and it’s making the country into a fascist state,” said Sue Johnson, a protester told The Guardian.
“Trump…just couldn’t wait. He’s such an impatient child, she said, adding, “Well ICE didn’t work, so let’s go stir things up in the Middle East. He bombed Iran for no specific reason.”
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New York’s Mayor Zohran Mamdani said earlier in the day that the US and Israel strikes on Iran “mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression. Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war. Americans do not want this. They do not want another war in pursuit of regime change.”
People protest near the White House against US and Israeli strikes on Iran, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo)
People were seen holding banners that said, ‘No bombs on Iran’ or ‘Stop the war’. One person was also seen holding a placard that read ‘Bored of peace?’, an obvious dig at Trump’s “Board of Peace.”
Demonstrators carry a photograph of Reza Pahlavi as people who support the U.S. and Israel strikes on Iran, rally near the White House, Saturday Feb. 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo)
Two people embrace during a demonstration in reaction to the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo)
People protest near the White House against US and Israeli strikes on Iran, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo)
People protest near the White House against US and Israeli strikes on Iran, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo)