India, March 4 -- Amid the US-Iran war, Irani actor-activist Mandana Karimi has reaffirmed her fierce opposition to the country's ruling establishment, following the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. "No one celebrates innocent loss of life. But you cannot ask a nation that has endured decades of executions, imprisonment, torture, and mass crackdowns to react with conventional mourning," she says, adding that for many Iranians, "Celebration has become a form of resistance and a way to reclaim power over grief." Addressing accusations that such reactions amount to endorsing foreign military intervention, she responds: "This was not a random foreign agenda imposed on us. No one wants bombs in their country, but when all internal paths to reform are blocked, people begin to look outward." Mandana, 37, adds how Irani citizens are now calling for political activist Reza Pahlavi as their leader. Meanwhile, actor Esha Gupta and shuttler PV Sindhu, who were stranded in the UAE amid the air travel shutdown, shared updates about being "back home"....