Hundreds of Iranian Americans fill the streets of New York City to celebrate the death of Ayatollah Khamenei: “Make Iran Great Again”

Dozens of Iranian Americans cheered The death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in New York City on Sunday after the tyrant and a cadre of his cronies were killed in a US-Israeli raid in Tehran – with similar celebrations breaking out in other cities around the world.

About 500 people flocked to downtown in the afternoon, chanting “USA! USA! USA!” and “Trump, Trump! Thank you, thank you!” – They also carried signs reading “Make Iran Great Again.”

The group was heading toward Times Square while waving Iran’s lion and sun flag, which was banned after the 1979 Islamic Revolution sent the Middle Eastern country into an era of violent repression.

The demonstrators even sang the old Iranian national anthem, celebrating the biggest blow dealt by the Iranian regime He suffered terrorism for nearly 50 years — The death of its decades-long ruler, Khamenei, who was killed on Saturday in a crushing US-Israeli raid that also killed more than 40 senior officials.

“At home they don’t call this ‘war.’ They call this ‘human rescue,'” said Ramin Sohrab, 45, who lives in Connecticut.

“We are here to thank the president — President Trump, and all the military,” Sohrab said.

Celebrations were not limited to the streets of the United States, but families around the world in Iran were also cheering with sprawling strikes after weeks of protests that were met with violence and widespread executions by Khamenei’s regime.

“I talked to my mom this morning and she said we know military action is the only option,” Reza Ebrahimi, 37, told The Washington Post. “She told me that she would rather sacrifice her life so that the world would be safe. My brother was shot on the second day of the protests.”

“We are the voice of our families who are there and cannot speak. We all have family there. We are the voice of the people in Iran who cannot speak right now,” the Iranian-American said, adding that the United States is “saving the Iranian people.”

LaFave, 47, spoke to her mother in Iran, where she said many people were sheltering in place as bombs continued to fall — ignoring Iranian state television stations that claim they are urging people to come out in an attempt to increase civilian casualties for the sake of anti-American propaganda.

“The government or state television tells you to go outside, don’t stay inside your house,” Lafave said. “They ignore state television.” “They tell state TV they want to kill innocent people. That’s why they want them out. It’s crazy. But they said they would listen to President Trump and stay inside.”

But the LaFave family said they were celebrating the strikes even as they took shelter from the bombs.

“My mother said she was very happy to hear that we were having a celebration. She was very happy to hear that we were celebrating Khomeini’s death today.” She said.

“We are all here today to thank Trump and to thank the United States,” she said. “We changed all the music to dance music.” “We’ve all been waiting for this moment.”

parties It broke out in other cities across the country United States – including Los Angeles – while hundreds turned out around the world in cities such as London, Paris and Canada.

In London, jubilant demonstrators waved Israeli flags alongside the Iranian lion and sun flag — a rare show of courtesy between two people divided by rivalry and war.

Some in New York City reported seeing some people protesting the strikes throughout the day — but said none of them appeared to be made up of actual Iranians.

“There were white people and Palestinians, but I didn’t see anyone from Iran,” Al-Ibrahimi said. “I didn’t speak to anyone at the protest yesterday who was from Iran.”

“We are here today to celebrate the death of Ayatollah Khomeini and to thank the United States and its military for what they do.”