Some Iranians celebrate after Trump says Khamenei was killed, witnesses say

Some Iranians celebrate in the streets of Tehran and several other cities after US President Donald Trump says Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in US-Israel strikes on the Islamic Republic, witnesses say.

Iran has yet to comment on Trump’s statement.

Witnesses contacted inside Iran say the celebrations have taken place in Tehran, the nearby city of Karaj and the central city of Isfahan.

Videos posted on social media, which are not immediately verified by Reuters, also show celebrations in other places, such as Shiraz and Abdanan, with cars honking horns and carrying pictures of protesters killed in the crackdown on the January anti-government demonstrations.

Fireworks and celebrations on the streets of Tehran to mark the killing of Khamenei … while leftists in the West seethe and cry

The West is on the side of justice, completely vindicated by history

Total and complete victory pic.twitter.com/dgjNcBkgnM

— Drew Pavlou ???????????????????????????????? (@DrewPavlou) February 28, 2026

This is Karaj tonight.

Please join the people of Iran in celebrating the downfall of the tyrant Khamenei, and the imminent fall of the rotten islamic regime.

After 47 long years, Iran can breathe again.

pic.twitter.com/bxdxwuufIr

— ???????????????? ???????????????? ???????? ✡︎ (@NiohBerg) February 28, 2026

Iranians have poured into the street to celebrate the news of Ali Khamenei’s death.pic.twitter.com/wLTMqQWVIa

— The Iran Watcher ???????? (@TheIranWatcher) February 28, 2026