'We'd dance on your grave': Woman known for burning Khamenei photo says ‘cheers’ after his death

Ali Khamenei, 86, was killed on Saturday in joint US–Israeli strikes on Iran. (Image credit: @melianouss/X)

• Viral woman celebrates Khamenei's reported death in airstrikes
• She previously went viral for burning Khamenei's photo
• Khamenei killed in US-Israeli strikes; Iran fires missiles in response

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A woman, who went viral for using a burning picture of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to relight her cigarette, has reacted to reports of the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader in the US and Israeli airstrikes, posting a video of herself celebrating the news.

In a post on X on Sunday, the woman known as Morticia Addams shared a video of herself participating in an anti-Iran regime rally in Canada, where she currently lives.

Describing herself as an Iranian refugee, the woman wrote, "I said we'd dance on your grave, didn't I?"

In another post, she was seen "cheering to Mooshali's pathetic death".

"As the president (Donald) Trump said, 'He died like a rat,'" she said.

Addams had gone viral in January, when a video showed her setting fire to an A4 picture of Khamenei and using it to re-spark the cigarette in her mouth.

گفتم سر قبرتون میرقصیم نگفتم؟#KingRezaPahlavipic.twitter.com/XkI3m7oYN3

— Morticia Addams 🇮🇷 (@melianouss) February 28, 2026

Earlier this year, Addams first went viral when a video showed her setting fire to an A4 picture of Khamenei and using it to relight her cigarette.

The video went viral and emerged as one of the defining images of the biggest anti-government demonstrations in years in Iran.

Cheers to mooshali’s pathetic death As the president Trump said “He died like a rat ” pic.twitter.com/LeV6mdX581 — Morticia Addams 🇮🇷 (@melianouss) March 1, 2026

She has explained that she keeps her real identity private for security, recounting what she describes as a traumatic path from dissent in Iran, where she faced arrest and abuse, to safety in Turkey.

She has reportedly secured a student visa for Canada and is now living in Toronto.

Khamenei Killed In US, Israeli Strikes

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, aged 86, died Saturday when the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iranian targets, and Israeli officials said his Tehran compound was hit in the operation.

Iranian media reported that Khamenei's daughter, grandchild, son-in-law, and daughter-in-law were also killed in the strikes. On the other hand, Israeli officials said 200 fighter jets carried out the largest aerial mission in the country’s history, hitting roughly 50 targets across Iran.

Iran condemned the attacks as unjustified aggression and launched missile barrages against Israel and several Gulf states that host US military facilities.