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| Iran's supreme leader tweets attack threat to golfing Trump | Iran's supreme leader tweets attack threat to golfing Trump |
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| The image from Ayatollah Khamenei's account appears to depict Donald Trump playing golf below an aircraft | The image from Ayatollah Khamenei's account appears to depict Donald Trump playing golf below an aircraft |
| The Twitter account of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has posted what appears to be a call for an attack on Donald Trump in revenge for last year's killing of its top military commander. | The Twitter account of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has posted what appears to be a call for an attack on Donald Trump in revenge for last year's killing of its top military commander. |
| The post features a depiction of a man resembling the former US president playing golf in the shadow of a warplane or large drone. | The post features a depiction of a man resembling the former US president playing golf in the shadow of a warplane or large drone. |
| "Vengeance is inevitable," it reads. | "Vengeance is inevitable," it reads. |
| Some Twitter users have called for the social media giant to suspend Ayatollah Khamenei's account. | Some Twitter users have called for the social media giant to suspend Ayatollah Khamenei's account. |
| 🔻انتقام حتمی استقاتل سلیمانی و آمر به قتل سلیمانی باید انتقامشان را پس بدهند. اگر چه کفش پای سلیمانی هم بر سرِ قاتل او شرف دارد؛ اما بالاخره غلطی کردند، بایستی #انتقام پس بدهند؛ #هم_آمر_هم_قاتل بدانند که در هر زمان ممکن باید انتقامشان را پس بدهند.۱۳۹۹/۰۹/۲۶ pic.twitter.com/i2DYpPSBhw | 🔻انتقام حتمی استقاتل سلیمانی و آمر به قتل سلیمانی باید انتقامشان را پس بدهند. اگر چه کفش پای سلیمانی هم بر سرِ قاتل او شرف دارد؛ اما بالاخره غلطی کردند، بایستی #انتقام پس بدهند؛ #هم_آمر_هم_قاتل بدانند که در هر زمان ممکن باید انتقامشان را پس بدهند.۱۳۹۹/۰۹/۲۶ pic.twitter.com/i2DYpPSBhw |
| Twitter closed President Trump's hugely influential account earlier this month after he published posts that were widely considered to have encouraged violence that gripped the US Capitol. | Twitter closed President Trump's hugely influential account earlier this month after he published posts that were widely considered to have encouraged violence that gripped the US Capitol. |
| Trump’s Twitter downfall | Trump’s Twitter downfall |
| Twitter ban is 'right' but 'dangerous' | Twitter ban is 'right' but 'dangerous' |
| The tweet from Ayatollah Khamenei's account refers to Gen Qasem Soleimani, who was assassinated by a US drone in Baghdad a year ago. | |
| Under Soleimani's leadership, Iran had bolstered pro-Iranian militant groups, expanded its military presence in Iraq and Syria and orchestrated Syria's offensive against rebel groups in its long-running civil war. | |
| Gen Soleimani was a popular figure in Iran | Gen Soleimani was a popular figure in Iran |
| Mr Trump said at the time the general was "directly and indirectly responsible for the deaths of millions of people". | Mr Trump said at the time the general was "directly and indirectly responsible for the deaths of millions of people". |
| Iran responded by launching a barrage of missiles at an Iraqi airbase housing US troops and warned of further attacks, with Ayatollah Khamenei saying at the time that "severe revenge awaits the criminals". | |
| In the latest tweet, written in Farsi, the word "vengeance" is in red and the rest of the post says: "Soleimani's murderer and he who ordered it will have to pay". | In the latest tweet, written in Farsi, the word "vengeance" is in red and the rest of the post says: "Soleimani's murderer and he who ordered it will have to pay". |
| Twitter has yet to respond but its CEO, Jack Dorsey, was tagged in a number of responses to the tweet. | Twitter has yet to respond but its CEO, Jack Dorsey, was tagged in a number of responses to the tweet. |
| "How come this atrocious psychopath can openly call for the assassination of a former US president, and not be kicked out of Twitter?" one user wrote in English. | "How come this atrocious psychopath can openly call for the assassination of a former US president, and not be kicked out of Twitter?" one user wrote in English. |
| "Trump's banned but this is perfectly ok. Is this a joke?" another user wrote. | "Trump's banned but this is perfectly ok. Is this a joke?" another user wrote. |
| Twitter banned a tweet from the ayatollah's account - which is unverified but is generally considered to be associated with him - earlier this month that described coronavirus vaccines developed in the UK and the US as "untrustworthy". | Twitter banned a tweet from the ayatollah's account - which is unverified but is generally considered to be associated with him - earlier this month that described coronavirus vaccines developed in the UK and the US as "untrustworthy". |