The Tehran municipality-owned Iranian daily Hamshahri published a front page Tuesday morning featuring a photo of US President Donald Trump with a rifle scope between his eyes, alongside the headline 'Revenge is inevitable.' The page also quotes Supreme Leader Khamenei demanding accountability for 'war criminals' and calls to avenge the 'martyred leader,' according to the paper's own pages circulated via Iranian Telegram channels.
The Tuesday morning front page of Hamshahri, a daily owned by the Tehran municipality and long used as a platform for state-aligned messaging, escalates the regime's rhetorical campaign against President Trump following the killing of the supreme leader. The paper places Trump's image inside a rifle scope and declares 'Revenge is inevitable' — a direct threat framed as popular demand. The page also features a quote from Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei calling for accountability for 'war criminals,' and states that 'the demand to avenge the martyr leader and the other martyrs stands at the forefront of the people's demands.'
This publication follows a series of similar hardline gestures from Iranian outlets over the past three weeks. As The Zioneer has reported, the Kayhan daily — affiliated with the supreme leader's office — called for Trump's assassination on Saturday. Iranian MP Mojtaba Zarei stated earlier this month that Trump 'should be executed four times.' Iranian state media has also circulated assassination lists targeting Trump, Prime Minister Netanyahu, and senior U.S. and Israeli officials, and published posters depicting the two leaders as 'dining with Satan.'
The Hamshahri front page, while not an official government directive, is a state-affiliated platform and reflects the sentiment of hardline circles within the regime. It remains unclear whether this escalation in rhetoric signals any operational intention or is limited to psychological warfare. No official Iranian government body has directly endorsed the call for assassination.
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