Shia protests erupt over the assassination of Iran's supreme leader

NPR | By Diaa Hadid

Published March 2, 2026 at 4:05 PM CST

Shia communities in South Asia erupted in anger as news emerged of the assassination of the Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Diaa Hadid

Diaa Hadid chiefly covers Pakistan and Afghanistan for NPR News. She is based in NPR's bureau in Islamabad. There, Hadid and her team were awarded a Murrow in 2019 for hard news for their story on why abortion rates in Pakistan are among the highest in the world.

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