As news of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s death broke on Saturday night, the streets of Tehran and cities across Iran rang with both screams and cheers.
Some Iranians celebrated their long-time ruler’s demise at the hands of US and Israeli bombing.
Others were overcome with sorrow at the loss of a spiritual leader and national figurehead who had been omnipresent in Iranian lives for 37 years.
There were plenty of people, too, who fear for whatever comes next.
Maryam, 52, lives in Ekbatan in western Tehran. She said that moments after Reuters broke the news, her neighbours came to their windows.
