Tehran: US President Donald Trump was mocked by Iranians on Tuesday aftermixing up the country´s current supreme leader with his predecessor whodied 30 years ago.
“The assets of Ayatollah Khomeini and his office will not be spared bythese sanctions,” Trump said Monday as he announced new measures againstIran´s supreme leader and top officials.
But the Islamic republic´s founder and revolutionary leader AyatollahRuhollah Khomeini died in 1989, and the country has since been led byAyatollah Ali Khamenei.
“Trump doesn´t know that Ayatollah Khomeini has passed away and thatAyatollah Khamenei is the leader of Iran,” tweeted Sara Masoumi, diplomaticcorrespondent for the reformist daily Etemad.
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“Has this narcissist been waiting for (a dead man) to call him?” wroteanother Twitter user, after Trump last month said he would like Iran tophone him.
One social media user suggested “Trump took revenge” for Khameneireportedly mispronouncing the president´s name as Ronald.
But one Twitter user suggested there was a plot in the White House to makethe US president “look like a lunatic! -APP/AFP