A section of the Iranian public has gone on a celebration spree since the announcement of the death of their president, Ebrahim Raisi, in a helicopter crash.
People believed to have suffered from the late leader’s high-handedness could not contain their joy at his demise.
Raisi, 64, and the country’s foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, were killed on Sunday, May 19, along with six others.
While Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared five days of mourning, plenty of Iranian citizens set off fireworks in several cities and posted videos of themselves dancing in the streets.
Many Iranian women also posted videos of themselves celebrating the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday, May 20, openly dancing on his “dirty grave” after he oversaw a brutal crackdown on 2022 protests against the Islamic “morality police.”
“We freely dance and celebrate on your dirty grave,” one woman, Mersedeh Shahinkar, tweeted.
The daughters of Minoo Majidi, 62 – an Iranian woman who was one of hundreds of people shot dead by security services during the nationwide fallout following the death of Mahsa Amini in September 2022 – shared a video of them raising a glass to the president’s death.
In one video showing fireworks, a woman can be heard saying: “People are rejoicing at the downfall of Raisi.”
Another man said in a second clip: “People are celebrating and I congratulate the president’s death.
“I hope the rest of them die too.”
State media halted all of its regular programming to show prayers being held for Raisi.
