This February 28th is a date that will go down in Iran's history as a day of hope after many years of pain.
As a consequence of the joint attack by the United States and Israel against the Iranian dictatorship, with the aim of decapitating a terrorist regime that has massacred tens of thousands of people for demonstrating to demand freedom in their country, Donald Trump announced that the bloodthirsty Iranian dictator, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has died. The news was confirmed by Iranian state television after some Western media outlets claimed that the regime was denying the death of the Islamist ogre who has caused so much suffering to his people since coming to power in 1989:
The news of the death of dictator Ali Khamenei, broadcast by IRINN, the official news network of Iran's Islamist regime: pic.twitter.com/8Xj2FwijSs
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I am of the opinion that the elimination of a brutal dictator and promoter of terrorism is always good news, whether it is the way in which that Islamist murderer met his end or the way in which others, like him, joined the ranks of the damned, such as the Romanian Ceaușescu or the Italian Mussolini. It seems I am not the only one who thinks this way. After the news of the dictator's death spread, many Iranians celebrated it enthusiastically, for example in Tehran:
Celebrations reportedly breaking out in Tehran following news of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei's death. pic.twitter.com/DsovnIn9or
— euronews (@euronews) February 28, 2026
And in the city of Galleh Dar:
BREAKING:
Anti-regime protesters tore down a statue of Khamenei in Galleh Dar, Fars province, Iran. pic.twitter.com/DSj5cyod7m
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) February 28, 2026
And in the city of Isfahan:
الاحتفالات تعم منطقة فولاد شهر في أصفهان فرحا وابتهاجا بمقتل خامنئي pic.twitter.com/QkREwKjq6N
— Mohamad Ahwaze (@MohamadAhwaze) February 28, 2026
And in the province of Fars:
محافظة فارس تحتفل بمقتل خامنئي pic.twitter.com/PEM4o003A7
— Mohamad Ahwaze (@MohamadAhwaze) February 28, 2026
And in the city of Saqqez, in Iranian Kurdistan:
احتفالات واسعة تشهدها مدينة سقز مسقط رأس الشهيدة ژينا (مهسا) أميني في اقليم كردستان إيران بمناسبة مقتل خامنئي pic.twitter.com/xugNk8iijX
— Mohamad Ahwaze (@MohamadAhwaze) February 28, 2026
And in the city of Abdanan:
مدينة آبدانان تخرج الآن للإحتفال بمقتل خامنئي. pic.twitter.com/DRRbqA0mUS
— Mohamad Ahwaze (@MohamadAhwaze) February 28, 2026
And in the city of Shiraz:
الشعب الإيراني بمدينة شيراز يغني ويرقص بالشوارع فرحًا بمقتل خامنئي pic.twitter.com/6IuMN0CpCJ
— Mohamad Ahwaze (@MohamadAhwaze) February 28, 2026
However, the news of Khamenei's death hasn't pleased everyone. His allies in Russia and China will certainly be saddened: they risk losing their most powerful henchman in Asia. Likewise, at the Goya Awards for Spanish cinema (which function as a leftist rally paid for with taxpayers' money), the socialist Pedro Sánchez appeared very concerned and stated: "We have enjoyed levels of peace and prosperity for decades that are suddenly being undermined." He certainly wasn't referring to the citizens of Iran, who have been subjected to a brutal dictatorship for 47 years, but what does that matter to Sánchez?
The Spanish far left was also outraged yesterday. After all, it risks losing one of its allies. Let's remember that the communist party Podemos was launched with the support of the Iranian dictatorship's HispanTV channel, knowing that the ayatollahs sought to harm Spain and doing them that favor.
On social media, left-wing journalists, activists, and commentators lamented, invoking "international law", a law that never concerned them when terrorist organizations supported and financed by the Iranian dictatorship perpetrated massacres in various countries. For the left-wing, "international law" is a comfortable balcony from which to indifferently observe brutal human rights violations perpetrated by dictatorships like those of Iran, Russia, China, Cuba, Venezuela, or North Korea. If a terrorist regime hostile to the West tortures, rapes, and murders, the anti-American and anti-Semitic left remains silent. How many Goya Awards ceremonies have been dedicated to discussing torture and state crimes in Iran, Russia, China, Cuba, or Venezuela? Not one.
The crying in progressive circles begins when one of those dictatorships is in danger of being overthrown by the actions of democratic countries like the United States, Israel, and their allies—countries that are already fed up with suffering the effects of Iran's terrorist tentacles and the threats of that criminal regime against Israel and the West. Yesterday, the President of Ukraine stated regarding the Russian invasion of his country:
"Over the course of this full-scale war, Russia has used more than 57,000 shahed-type attack drones against the Ukrainian people, cities, and energy infrastructure. Other nations have also suffered from Iranian-backed terror. Therefore, it is fair to give the Iranian people a chance to rid themselves of a terrorist regime and to guarantee security for all nations that have suffered from terror originating in Iran."
Very wise words that I support and applaud. Obviously, Zelensky is not a Spanish actor or filmmaker. He is the president of a country that has been suffering for years from Iranian terrorism, which has rained down on its people in the form of Shahed drones supplied to Russia. That is why, today in Ukraine they must be as happy about Khamenei's death as in Israel and on the streets of Iran. A joy I share.
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Photo: @es_Khamenei.
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