A poster described as an 'ominous image' of US President Donald Trump was hung in Tehran on Monday, where a crowd threw stones at it and then tore it to pieces with a knife, according to a Telegram post citing a satirical metaphor. The incident was reported alongside a commentator's comparison to Iranian rituals of stoning the 'Satan' during the Hajj pilgrimage.
A crowd in Tehran on Monday stoned and then shredded with a knife a poster described by a Telegram commentator as an 'ominous image' of US President Donald Trump. The act, attributed to a source using the alias 'Caligula,' was likened to the ritual stoning of the 'Satan' pillar during Hajj. The latest display extends a pattern of anti-Trump sentiment reported during the mourning period for the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
The Zioneer first reported stone-throwing at Trump signs on Saturday, Jul 4, when mourners at Khamenei's funeral pelted a billboard and chanted for revenge. Throughout that day, our coverage documented escalating displays: mourners raising red revenge flags (06:20 Jerusalem), chanting 'no compromise, no surrender' (06:20), and a crowd in Revolution Square waving the same traditional Shia symbols (06:20). By Saturday evening, Iran's Intelligence Ministry had officially vowed revenge for Khamenei's killing. The thread's corroboration grew from single-venue Telegram reports to multiple Israeli correspondents (N12's Sapir Lipkin, journalist Asaf Rozenzweig) and later footage provided by N12, which showed stones thrown at a Trump picture as crowds chanted 'Great Satan.'
As The Zioneer reported on Saturday, Jul 4, the late Supreme Leader's funeral drew massive crowds chanting 'Death to America and Trump.' In a related analysis published Tue, Jun 30, the desk noted that President Trump is aware Iran will seek revenge for Khamenei's assassination, and that Israeli security forces likely believe senior officials are also targeted. The commentator 'Caligula' — who is also the purported source of Monday's poster incident — on Saturday, Jul 4 mocked calls from Tehran to assassinate Trump, sarcastically suggesting the callers 'mean to kill me with kisses.'
Monday's report originates from the same single, satirically-framed Telegram source as the earlier 'Caligula' posts. No independent visual confirmation or official Iranian acknowledgment of the poster being hung or destroyed has been provided.
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