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Moscow Police Detain Iranians Celebrating Khamenei’s Death – Reports

Most detainees were fined and the organizer received 10 days' arrest after celebrating the reported death of Iran's supreme leader, with 45 related cases filed.

  • On Friday, Ostorozhno Novosti reported Moscow police detained dozens of Iranian nationals who gathered on Sunday outside Salaryevo metro station to celebrate Khamenei's reported death.
  • Following reports of Khamenei's death, the alleged organizer posted an Instagram invite calling the gathering a 'celebration of joy' after United States and Israel strikes on February 28.
  • Prosecutors said 21 people had taken part in the rally, case materials matched, and Ostorozhno Novosti identified at least 45 administrative cases filed by Moscow's Shcherbinsky and Meshchansky district courts.
  • Most detainees were fined, dozens charged with the administrative offense of participating in an unauthorized public gathering, and the alleged organizer, a dentist, was sentenced to 10 days of arrest.
  • Amid pressure on independent media, The Moscow Times reports Russia's Prosecutor General's Office labeled the outlet 'undesirable', while Iranian diaspora communities amplify diaspora messaging about unrest inside Iran.
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Even after the assassination of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, the Iranian regime is not giving up, eyewitnesses say. Checkpoints are everywhere, and anyone celebrating the Supreme Leader's death was shot at.

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The police in Moscow dispersed a group of Iranian citizens who, on 1 March, celebrated near the metro station “Salarievo” killing the top leader of the Republic, Ali Khamenei, during a military operation in the US and Israel, reports “Ostrozhno, news”.

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