Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Thursday tweeted an image bearing a resemblance to President TrumpDonald TrumpIran’s leader vows ‘revenge,’ posting an image resembling Trump Former Sanders spokesperson: Biden ‘backing away’ from ‘populist offerings’ Justice Dept. to probe sudden departure of US attorney in Atlanta after Trump criticism MORE on one of his many golf courses that bore text swearing “revenge.”
A tweet from Khamenei’s account included the image of a blond-haired figure resembling the former president in a red shirt, with the sinister shadow of a stealth aircraft overhead.
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Text over the image referred to a statement made by Khamenei on Twitter last month, according to a translation by Reuters, including the supreme leader’s vow that the U.S. would face retribution for the death of Qassem Soleimani, one of Iran’s top generals, who was killed by the U.S. in Iraq last year.
“Those who ordered the murder of General Soleimani as well as those who carried this out should be punished. This revenge will certainly happen at the right time,” Khamenei’s statement read, according to Reuters.
Tensions between the U.S. and Iran neared the point of war after the death of Soleimani last year, but Iran’s government has pursued a more amicable relationship with the Biden administration in recent days.
Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, in a statement on Wednesday called on President Biden to return the U.S. to the nuclear deal negotiated in 2015 under the Obama administration.