People gather to mourn the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran. Khamenei, had ruled Iran from 1989 until his death in 2026, in a joint U.S.–Israeli strike on Tehran on 28 February, an attack that has intensified tensions across the Middle East and triggered global debate over the legality and consequences of the operation.
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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khomeini is no more. He defied the US and paid the ultimate price. He has been bombed out of existence by the US and its lackey, Israel.
While some mourned his death, others celebrated all over Iran: "Good riddance!" they shouted. He had ruled Iran with an iron fist for forty long years.
But no matter how one looks at it, the massive strike on Tehran which killed Khomeini and several of his government officials was an unprovoked attack.
Iran had not attacked the US or posed any imminent threat to it. Citing Iran's nuclear ambitions is not a valid reason for the deadly attack. Several countries have nuclear weapons.
But Donald Trump chose Iran because it posed a threat to US interests in the Middle East. The fall of Iran would also boost his image.
As the ruler of the 'greatest and most powerful nation on earth', he couldn't let a small power like Iran compete for supremacy in the oil-rich Middle East.
Ayatollah Khomeini had been a thorn in the West's side for far too long. So he had to go and be replaced by a leader more friendly to the West.
It did it in Venezuela a short while ago and can do it again in Iran.
But no matter how repressive the Ayatollah regime was, the bottom line is the US had violated international law and set the Middle East ablaze.
Who will take it to task and drag it to the International Court of Justice in The Hague? The toothless UN? Who will punish Trump the warmonger? God, you say? I wish there was. | T MARKANDAN Kloof
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