Last Updated:March 02, 2026, 13:56 IST Kintur village in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki mourns Ayatollah Khamenei’s death in US-Israel strikes, recalling ancestral ties. Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (AFP File File) A pall of gloom descended on Kintur village in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district after news broke of the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US-Israel joint air strikes. As reports of Khamenei’s death spread through social media and international news, silence gripped the narrow lanes of the village in Sirauli Gauspur tehsil, which shares an ancestral connection with Ayatollah Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini, Khamenei’s mentor and the founding father of the Islamic Republic of Iran, according to News18 India. Khomeini’s grandfather, Syed Ahmad Musavi Hindi, was born in Kintur around 1790 before migrating abroad in the 19th century. After knowing about the news, residents said that they felt a deep sense of shock and loss, viewing the development not just as a global political event but as a moment tied to their own history. According to the news outlet, citing locals, …