Unmoderated Iranian Telegram groups descended into chaotic celebration, extreme profanity, and unverified rumors following reports that a US military strike killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at the onset of a new conflict.
Following reports of a massive US military strike against Iran, the unmoderated Iranian chat channel گروه خبر فوری (Khabar Fouri Gap)—which serves as a highly polarized and predominantly anti-regime forum—erupted with chaotic celebration, extreme profanity, and unverified rumors. The chatter overwhelmingly focused on the alleged assassination of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in the opening moments of the conflict.
Users in the channel gleefully mocked the Iranian leadership and the effectiveness of the nation's defenses. One participant questioned how the Islamic Republic could be considered victorious when America came and hit the leader of the Islamic Republic in the first moment of the war. Another explicitly mocked the sheer scale of the targeted strike, asking which leader endures 29 missiles in his ass before referring to Khamenei using highly vulgar puns.
The channel's feed was dominated by intense anti-regime sentiment and hostility toward regime enforcers. A user claiming to hail from a deeply religious family—noting their father is a disabled veteran and their uncle a martyr—openly celebrated the strikes, stating they were happy about the death of the bloodthirsty and child-killing Khamenei. The user aggressively called for the downfall of the corrupt child-killing Akhoundi regime. Pro-regime supporters, referred to derogatorily as Arzeshis, and Basij militia members were repeatedly targeted with extreme sectarian slurs and sexual profanity.
Amidst the vitriolic celebrations, the chat became a clearinghouse for raw, often unverified tactical rumors. Users reported an explosion in the Ahvaz oil pipeline, while another noted that Iranian state media was allegedly looking for the crew of the downed plane.
Disinformation and panic were also evident in the channel's chaotic scroll. One user had to debunk footage circulating in the chat, pointing out the media's deceit by noting this is from 2 months ago, UAE national defense day. Meanwhile, users mocked the regime's attempts to project stability, heavily ridiculing cleric Hassan Khomeini's alleged statement that even if a million missiles are fired and all officials killed, the Islamic Republic will not fall.
The source material consists entirely of messages from a highly unmoderated, volatile Telegram chat group characterized by intense anti-regime sentiment, severe profanity, and sectarian slurs against Shia Islamic figures. The translation faithfully preserves the extreme vulgarity and politically loaded terminology (such as Akhoundi regime and child-killing) used by the channel participants to accurately reflect the raw emotional climate and the specific framing of the users.