Iranians living in the West dance celebrating the death of Tehran By Rachel Bowman For Dailymail.Com Published: 10:45, 21 May 2024 | Updated: 10:45, 21 May 2024 e-mail Advertisement Iranians living in the West are dancing in the streets and posting photos showing celebrations following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. Raisi, 63, was killed after a helicopter carrying him and other officials crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of Iran on Sunday.
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has declared the nation will observe five days of mourning in honor of Raisi. However, Iranians across the globe have taken to social media using the hashtag 'Happy Helicopter Day' to share their celebrations of this death. The daughters of Minoo Majidi (pictured) - a 62-year-old Iranian woman who shot 167 times by security services during the nationwide fallout following the death of Mahsa Amini in 'morality police' custody September 2022 - shared a video to social media raising a glass to the president's demise.
Mahsa Piraeri (pictured) said, 'Today our sadness turned to happiness, although it is not enough, it is a good start.' Majidi's last words to her family before she died was 'If I don't go out and protest, who else will,' reported BBC. Her daughter Roya Piraei went viral on Instagram for taking a photo next to her mother's grave with her head shaven, holding her own hair as a sign of mourning and defiance.
'I knew I couldn't speak out. This is all I could do to sh.
