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News of supreme chief’s loss of life was like ‘breath of contemporary air,’ says Iranian Canadian

Shervin Akhlaghi says when his mother known as to inform him that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei had been killed on Saturday, it was like “a breath of fresh air.”

Akhlaghi left Iran in 2009 and now lives in Toronto. But he has aunts, uncles and cousins ​​in the area.

“There was a lot of pressure built up, in a sense, that I’ve had friends who lost their lives in the protests, I’ve had family members who were wounded. It was surreal,” he informed CBC News Network’s Andrew Nichols.

Khamenei was killed in air strikes by Israel and the US

Akhlaghi stated whereas he understands that it’s distasteful to many in the West to have a good time somebody’s loss of life, he says, this was totally different.

“This person is responsible for thousands of murders, executions, tyranny. So many people that I personally know … have been prosecuted by the regime,” he stated.

“We have a shot at freedom. Because for the past 40-something years, every time the Iranians tried to do something, they were shot down — because of this person.”