For many in New York City as well, that was exactly what it was all about.
“Iran reacts to Mamdani win: from Islam triumphant to democracy masterclass,” by Maryam Sinaiee, Iran International, November 6, 2025:
Zohran Mamdani’s stomping win in New York’s mayoral race drew starkly different reactions in Iran, with views on the first Muslim to run America’s largest city reflecting a bitterly divided political landscape.
For hardline supporters of the Shi’ite theocracy, his faith was a welcome slap to a US establishment seen as implacably hostile. To their critics, Mamdani’s win highlights everything the Iranian system resists: youth, pluralism and the power of the vote.
The conservative daily Hamshahri, published by Tehran’s municipality, splashed “America Against America” on its front page, interpreting Mamdani’s victory as a proof of the US enemy’s internal divides.
Tehran lawmaker Abolghasem Jarareh declared in parliament: “Zohran Mamdani’s victory shows the strength of the slogan ‘Death to Israel!’”
Without elaborating, he then joined fellow lawmakers in chanting the slogan on the floor of parliament, a regular practice among arch-conservatives.
Abdolmotahhar Mohammadi, spokesperson for Tehran’s mayor, wrote on X: “The clear message of Zohran Mamdani’s election … is that the people of New York reject the influence of a genocidal regime in US governance,” adding that Iran “welcomes any strengthening of anti-racist and pro-Palestine discourse anywhere in the world.”…
࿗Infidel࿘ says
At least he didn’t claim that Mamdani’s election meant that the people of New York want to be an overseas colony of the islamic republic
࿗Infidel࿘ says
At least he didn’t claim that Mamdani’s election meant that the people of New York want to be an overseas colony of the islamic republic
Tim gallagher says
That makes no sense at all. The victory of a Muslim piece of shit like mamdani illustrates the stupidity of letting Muslims into non Muslim countries. Hungary and Poland not going to have to put up with a scumbag like mamdani. They have the only sensible attitude to Muslims.
OLD GUY says
I have to agree with that. Islam is not compatible with any other religion, society or culture. Allowing muslim/islamic people into your country is nothing short of an enemy invasion.
Tim gallagher says
Like you, old guy, I wouldn’t let any Muslims into any non Muslim country. Muslims are the enemy of all civilised values. If only enough slow learners would wake up all our societies could do what the Hungarians and poles have done.
somehistory says
It shows the ‘power of stupid.’
The same thing happened when bo was shouting about ‘hope and change’ and “fundamentally” changing the nation; and the audience….stupidly applauded.
The audience stupidly applauded the damn mani when he was shouting about destroying the government so men couldn’t succeed as Trump had managed to do.
The power of stupid.
Walter Sieruk says
Zohran Madman had earlier said that “Israel should not exist.”
Mamdani is very anti-Jewish and likewise anti- Israel So much so that before he had decided to run for mayor, he had declared that he wanted to “Globalize the Intifada “To this very day he has not denounced or retracted that statement.
In addition, Mamdani is member of a mosque that called for the annihilation of the Jewish State of Israel. After all, Islam is very ant-Jewish and therefore anti- Israel.
Wakter Sieruk says
,The former United States President , William Howard Taft had in a speech , rightly and wisely , declared
“Anti Semitism is a noxious weed, that should be cut out. It has no place in America. ”
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Likewise, there should be no place in America for Zohran Mamdani.
STJOHNOFGRAFTON says
On the contrary, Mamdani’s victory shows that Islam is a moral cancer and that New Yorkers have have contracted Mamdani’s disease through reckless voting.
Michael Paul Skok says
Or reckless NON voting. Most of New Yorkers didn’t vote.
Westman says
The election of Mamdani does not show the power of, Death to America”, it shows the power of “free stuff” for votes.
Of course, Abolghasem Jarareh and Abdolmotahhar Mohammadi know little about actual democracy in a free society and more about supporting the silencing, torturing, and beating Iranian women.
Alkflaeda says
The question is whether Mamdani won in spite of his anti-Israel stance (he is, after all, not in a position to do much more harm to Israel than a bit of BDS, and his mayoral incumbency may prompt more people to move to Israel, as New York’s recently resigned fire chief is doing), or because of it. Much more worrying, and more likely to come home to roost, is any possibility of anti-Semitic policies, which do not need to be overt – the police can be given to understand that it would behove them to drive slowly when responding to a call from a synagogue, for example.