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How we celebrated Khamenei's death
Internet blackouts by the Iranian regime have cut communications three times in nine months, complicating confirmation and fueling mixed reactions among exiles and diaspora communities.
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How we celebrated Khamenei's death
On 1 March I woke at 1am and couldn’t fall back asleep. I was wracked by anxiety, my mouth dry, my heart pounding. I drank some water and checked my phone. Nothing new in the news. I took a melatonin and went back to bed. At 5.30, my two-year-old daughter started calling for us. Before picking her up, I checked my phone again. “Are you awake?” a friend in Germany had texted at 2.30am. “The war started.” Do humans have premonitions? We’ve all hea…
RECIT - Alireza is a young Iranian from Tehran. Despite the Internet cuts, we were able to chat with him. He told us how he learned about Khamenei's death.
Many people in Iran are looking forward to an end to the Iranian regime and are equally afraid of bombs. Our author feels aversion to Trump's aggressive foreign policy. And at the same time relief from Ali Khamenei's death I was still in shock, so I got the first call: "Congratulations, he's finally gone." A sentence that doesn't make any sense – unless you know that by "he" Ali Khamenei is meant, Iran's top spiritual leader. And yes, he was. Ma…
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