01 March,2026 06:32 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Elnaaz Norouzi
Actress Elnaaz Norouzi, who was born in Iran, recently took to social media to react to the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in the US and Israeli airstrikes. Elnaaz is best known for her roles in Sacred Games, Mastiii 4, as well as participating in reality shows like The Traitors India.
In a recent Instagram story she shared a post about Ali Khamenei's death news and wrote, "The most unbelievable news for us! The news we have been waiting for 47 years! Khamenei is dead. God is great."
She followed up with another story featuring the same news headline, this time adding "thank you" and celebratory emojis. The actress also posted a video of herself dancing in celebration of Khamenei's death, referring to him as a "dictator." "We are celebrating a Dictators Death folks! Khamenei is gone," she wrote.
Interestingly, Elnaaz was born in Iran and later moved to Germany before building a career in India.
Israeli-US strikes into Iran resulted in the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. The strikes which have been labelled by the Israeli Defence Forces as Operation Roaring Lion, comes after months of close and joint planning with the U.S. Armed Forces, IDF's Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani said in a video message on Sunday.
He added, "Our mission could not be more clear. The IDF will continue to act to remove emerging threats against Israel because the price of an action is too high".
Iran is observing 40 days of public mourning following the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to Iranian state media. In Shia Islam, the 40th day after death (Arba'een) holds immense spiritual weight.
Iran's Supreme Leader's office has declared a period of national mourning, with flags flying at half-mast and public gatherings planned to pay respects, marking the closing of a 37-year chapter in the Islamic Republic's history.
Ayatollah Khamenei was the successor to the Revolution's founder, Ruhollah Khomeini. Since 1989, his "story" was one of unwavering defiance against Western influence.
According to reporting by Al Jazeera, Iran has launched coordinated attacks on US-linked targets across several Gulf Arab states in response to what Tehran described as a large-scale joint assault on its territory by the United States and Israel, raising concerns of a wider regional conflict.
(With inputs from ANI)
