Exiled Iranian royals celebrate death of Ayatollah: 'Erased from history'

"We are watching a violent theocracy that has massacred our people for decades finally get hit. And many Iranians inside Iran feel a painful kind of relief. Not because war is 'good.' Not because anyone is 'good.' But because when you've lived with a devil on your neck for 45-plus years any crack in its machinery feels like air."

"The bloodthirsty Zahhak of our time, the killer of tens of thousands of Iran's bravest sons and daughters, has been erased from the pages of history. With his death, the Islamic Republic has effectively come to an end and will soon be consigned to the dustbin of history."

Princess Noor Pahlavi and her father, exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, publicly celebrated the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei following US and Israeli military strikes. Princess Noor posted on Instagram that Iranians felt relief after decades of suffering under the theocratic regime, emphasizing this was not an endorsement of war but recognition of oppression ending. She shared videos of Iranians celebrating in streets. Reza Pahlavi declared on X that Khamenei, whom he compared to an evil figure in Persian mythology, had been removed from history and that the Islamic Republic had effectively ended and would soon be forgotten.

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