"We were happy, we support it, she said. The community here, they are very happy, they are dancing and singing in the Finchley area. You know, many people they've been celebrating, Iranian and Jewish people."
"Despite the celebrations, Suri, who is originally from Tehran and has been in the UK for 20 years, admitted that Iran's future remained very unclear, to be honest, we don't know anything yet."
Following confirmed reports of Ali Khamenei's death during Israeli and US military strikes on Iran, thousands of people from Britain's Iranian diaspora gathered on Finchley Road in north London to celebrate, waving pre-revolutionary Iranian flags. The celebratory atmosphere was tempered by the rising death toll from the bombing campaign, which included at least 148 children killed in a strike on an elementary school in southern Iran. Members of the Iranian community expressed happiness about recent events, with celebrations involving both Iranian and Jewish residents. However, uncertainty about Iran's political future remained, with community members acknowledging unclear prospects ahead despite their support for the developments.
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