Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is killed in Israeli strike, ending 36-year rule

The Iranian diaspora around the world is celebrating. Here's the scene in Berlin:

https://youtu.be/NSbx_0mtk80?si=MJ_Bfvx8gVd1P1mm

They've waited a very long time for this moment!

What moment would that be? Begging for the Americans to bomb their former country?

I'd rather wait until it is confirmed.

This may or may not lead to a weaker Iran. From FP: “Iran is frequently portrayed as a political order bound tightly to individuals. Yet the architecture that emerged after 1979 was formed by a different logic, one founded in the revolutionary experience itself. Khomeini captured this hierarchy in a remark (https://abdimedia.net/en/ruhollah-khomeini/system-ahead-life...) often cited within Iran’s political elite: “Preserving the Islamic Republic is more important than preserving any individual, even if that individual were the Imam of the Age”—a reference to Shiism’s 12th Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi. It is still unclear whether the system will always follow this principle. But one should expect a change in leadership in Tehran to be treated less as an ending and more as a chance for the country’s institutions to show they can survive.”

https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/28/iran-khamenei-ayatollah...

Trump appears to be for lease.