{"id":510598,"date":"2026-03-03T01:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T01:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/510598\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T01:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T01:48:16","slug":"iranian-canadians-hopeful-following-assassination-of-supreme-leader-winnipeg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/510598\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian-Canadians hopeful following assassination of supreme leader – Winnipeg"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Iranian-Canadian Farimehr Hakemzadeh thinks of one word when she reflects on the U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran that led to the death Saturday of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHope,\u201d she says. \u201cThe people of Iran have been fighting this fight for a long time. For over half a century they have been living in fear, enduring imprisonment, enduring torture, enduring execution.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hakemzadeh, a human rights advocate, left Iran in 2014 in search of more freedom. She\u2019s lived in Winnipeg for nearly 10 years but still has some family and friends back home.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday people are celebrating and dancing in the Iran because they know peace was not possible with the Islamic regime being in power,\u201d Hakemzadeh said.<\/p>\n

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Fellow Iranian-Canadian, Allan Wise who also lives in Winnipeg, says this weekend\u2019s killing was the right choice.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI do not use this or take this lightly, it is a level equivalent of comparison to taking out Hitler,\u201d Wise said.<\/p>\n

In the days since the assassination, there\u2019s been fallout across the Middle East.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe United States and Israel attacked Iran in the absence of an armed attack by Iran on those countries. There is no legal basis under the UN Charter for that attack that was launched by Israel and the United States,\u201d said Nathan Derejkom, an assistant professor of law at the University of Manitoba.<\/p>\n

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Derejkom is also the Mauro Chair in Human Rights and Social Justice at the university He says since Iran was attacked unlawfully, the regime can now use force of its own under the UN charter.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe devastating impacts this could have on civilians all across the region should be at the forefront of our need to really bring an end to military operations,\u201d Derejko said.<\/p>\n

For now, Iranian Canadians remain optimistic about a brighter future in the country they once called home.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe end goal has to be regime change,\u201d Wise said. \u201cThat\u2019s the only way Iran can reclaim itself in the international community.\u201d<\/p>\n

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