News DeskLast Updated: 02 Mar 2026, 08:32 pm ISTShare Some Iranians quietly celebrated Ayatollah Khamenei’s death, but airstrikes, security crackdowns and uncertainty have left much of the country fearful and divided. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei | Photo: APTehran: Scenes of jubilation erupted in pockets of Iran after the killing of the country’s longtime supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, yet the celebrations were tempered by anxiety as US-Israeli bombardment continued for a second consecutive day. While some Iranians danced, cheered and honked their car horns, many others said fear of reprisal and uncertainty about the nation’s future kept them behind closed doors.
