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  • Air strikes, death of Ayatollah Khamenei, celebrated by many in Chicago Iranian community

    03/02/2026 3:29:27 AM PST · by Salman · 5 replies
    Chicago Tribune ^ | March 1, 2026 | Laura Turbay
    Many in Chicago’s Iranian community are in high spirits after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was reported dead following a major attack Saturday by the United States and Israel. Saba Niaki, an Iranian living in Chicago, was getting ready for another rally in solidarity with Iran when she heard the news. Niaki, 38, who had stopped at a Starbucks near Daley Plaza where the rally was to be held, was carrying posters with the faces of the victims of the recent protests in Iran. “I started screaming and there was a construction guy standing on the railroad, and he...