Hundreds of Iranian Australians celebrate Khamenei's death in Sydney | ABS-CBN News

Описание: Hundreds of Iranian Australians danced and celebrated in Sydney on Sunday (March 1) following the death of Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Demonstrators in Sydney’s Hyde Park waved the old Lion and Sun flags of Iran and said they were hopeful that democracy was a possibility.

"It feels like what's been bearing on our shoulders for the last 47 years. It's finally done and dusted. People can take a breath of fresh air, united with one voice," said an unidentified participant at the rally.

Khamenei was killed on Saturday (February 28), aged 86, Iranian state media had announced, in air strikes by Israel and the U.S. that pulverised his central Tehran compound, after decades of efforts to resolve the dispute over Iran's nuclear program diplomatically failed.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Sunday that a leadership council composed of himself, the judiciary head and a member of the powerful Guardians Council has temporarily assumed the duties of Supreme Leader following the death of Khamenei. — Reuters

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