Scores of Iranian-Americans cheered the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in New York City Sunday after the despot and a cadre of his goons were were killed in a US-Israeli strike in Tehran — with similar celebrations erupting in other cities across the globe.
About 500 people flocked to Midtown in the afternoon chanting “USA! USA! USA!” and “TRUMP, TRUMP! THANK YOU, THANK YOU!” — and also carrying banners reading “Make Iran Great Again.”
The group was headed toward Times Square while waving the Iranian Lion and Sun flag, which was banned after the 1979 Islamic Revolution sent the Middle Eastern nation into an era of violent oppression.
Demonstrators even sang the old Iranian national anthem, celebrating the most major blow Iran’s regime of terror suffered in its nearly 50 years — the death of its decades-long ruler Khamenei, who was killed Saturday by a crushing US-Israel strike that also eliminated over 40 top officials.
“At home they don’t call this ‘war.’ They are calling this ‘human rescue,’” said 45-year-old Ramin Sohrab, who lives in Connecticut.
“We are here to thank the president — President Trump, and all the military,” Sohrab said.
And the celebrations weren’t limited to the streets of the United States — families across the globe in Iran were also cheering the sprawling strikes after weeks of protests there were met with violence and widespread executions from Khamenei’s regime.
“I spoke to my mom this morning and she said we know the military action is the only option,” 37-year-old Reza Ebrahimi told The Post. “She told me she would rather sacrifice her life that the world be safe. My brother was shot on the second day of the protests.”
“We are the voice of our families who are over there and cannot speak. We all have family over there. We are the voice of the people in Iran who cannot speak right now,” the Iranian-American said, adding that the US was “rescuing the Iranian people.”
Nehzat Lavvaf, 47, spoke to her mother in Iran, where she said many people are sheltering in place as bombs continue to fall — and are ignoring Iranian state TV stations she claims are urging people to go outside in an attempt to increase civilian casualty counts for anti-US propaganda.
“The government or state TV is saying to go outside — don’t stay inside your home. They are ignoring the state TV,” Lavvaf said. “They say the state TV they want to kill the innocent people. That’s why they want them to go outside. It is crazy. But they said they will listen to president Trump and stay inside.”
But Lavvaf’s family said they are celebrating the strikes even as they shelter from the bombs.
“My mother said she is so happy to hear that we are having the celebration. She is so happy to hear that we are celebrating the death of Khomeini today,” she said.
“We are all out here today to thank Trump to thank the USA. We changed all the music to dance music,” she said. “We have been all waiting for this moment.”
Celebrations broke out in other cities across the US — including Los Angeles — while across the world hundreds turned out in the likes of London, Paris and Canada.
In London, cheering demonstrators waved Israeli flags alongside the Iranian Lion and Sun flag — in a rare show of comity between two people who have been divided by rivalry and war.
Some in NYC reported seeing some people protesting the strikes throughout the day — but said none appeared to consist of actual Iranians.
“There were white people and Palestinians but I saw no people from Iran,” said Ebrahimi. “I spoke to no people at the protest yesterday who were from Iran.”
“We are here today to celebrate the death of Ayatollah Khomeini and to thank the US and its military for what they are doing.”