CBRN event in India on Mon 2nd March 2026

“We are not angry people, and we are not protesting merely because our rehbar Khamenei was a Shia cleric. The whole Muslim community should recognise him, because when everyone stayed silent on Palestine, he spoke out. He initiated action when others feared to, and he stood firm against oppression,” said Ashiq Hussain, 32, from Srinagar. Hussain is among the hundreds of Shia Muslims who have taken to the streets in several disricts of Kashmir—chanting anti-US and anti-Israel slogans—after Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in a US-Israeli airstrike on the night of 28 February. “Our rehbar stood against them and their oppression. This was his fight, but we are all here with him. They may have killed his body, but he lives on in our hearts,” another protester, who spoke on condition of anonymity, added. The protests that started by the morning of 1 March right after the morning prayers have continued since. On 2 March, amid shutdowns and street demonstrations, the security forces allegedly used tear gas shells to disperse the crowd. According to reports, at least 14 people, including six security personnel, have been injured. Here's a timeline of the events that have unfolded on the streets of Srinagar, Budgam, Bandipora, Pulwama, among others, in the past three days.