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Iranians mock Trump for mistaking leader with dead founder
TEHRAN, June 25, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – US President Donald Trump was mocked by
Iranians on Tuesday after mixing up the country’s current supreme leader with
his predecessor who died 30 years ago.
“The assets of Ayatollah Khomeini and his office will not be spared by
these sanctions,” Trump said Monday as he announced new measures against
Iran’s supreme leader and top officials.
But the Islamic republic’s founder and revolutionary leader Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini died in 1989, and the country has since been led by
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
“Trump doesn’t know that Ayatollah Khomeini has passed away and that
Ayatollah Khamenei is the leader of Iran,” tweeted Sara Masoumi, diplomatic
correspondent for the reformist daily Etemad.
“Has this narcissist been waiting for (a dead man) to call him?” wrote
another Twitter user, after Trump last month said he would like Iran to phone
him.
One social media user suggested “Trump took revenge” for Khamenei
reportedly mispronouncing the president’s name as Ronald.
But one Twitter user suggested there was a plot in the White House to make
the US president “look like a lunatic!”
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