The regime in Iran has continued to threaten Donald Trump directly in a latest propaganda attack against the US leader
The massive new billboard in Tehran (Image: AFP via Getty Images)
A massive new billboard has gone up in Tehran mocking Donald Trump and issuing a bold new threat.
The hoarding shows the US leader looking panicked as a bunch of hands strangle him. It was installed along Jomhouri Street in central Tehran. Text alongside the image reads in English: "Revenge is inevitable."
Iran's foreign ministry said on July 27 that the US was not involved in recent talks with Oman over the administration of the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Traffic through the vital global shipping route has been under Iranian control since the outbreak of war with Israel and the United States on February 28.
A previous billboard featuring Trump in a coffin with text in Persian reading "We Kill Trump" (Image: AFP via Getty Images)
Billboards have been frequently used since the start of the war by Iran to attack leaders in Iran and the US.
Earlier this month, a disturbing and threatening display on a billboard images of Trump's children, Ivanka and Barron, along with his wife, first lady Melania.
All three were depicted with their eyes closed, with the word "KILLED" written in red across the top. "Hey, Terrorist! Get ready to die," read text placed next to the photographs.
Another billboard showed a red MAGA hat with what appears to be an illustration of Trump with blood streaming from his head. A third features AI-generated imagery of Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio drowning in a pool of blood.
Mediators have achieved progress in efforts to get the United States and Iran back to negotiations and avert an all-out war in the Middle East, two regional officials said Monday, with a pause in attacks coming after a period of rapidly escalating tensions.
The comments came after neither the US nor Iran reported carrying out any attacks for three straight days — a respite after about two weeks of sustained bombardments that had led to increasing fears of a return to all-out war.
The two regional officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive regional talks, said mediators led by Qatar and Pakistan were working to bridge the gap between Washington and Tehran to return to an interim ceasefire deal that had been largely undermined by recent exchanges of fire.
Trump is “giving talks some space. He’s giving it a little bit of room,” Mike Waltz, the US ambassador to the United Nations, told Fox News. “We’ve had both Oman and Iran, and a number of our other negotiators, engaged at every level, from the most senior levels all the way down to the technical level over the past few weeks, and particularly in the past few days.”
Waltz dismissed the idea that the US stockpile of interceptors crucial in defending against Iranian attacks is running low, but experts have questioned how long both the US and Iran can afford to keep up attacks.
Since the US has halted attacks for the past two nights, Iran has as well, its army spokesperson told Iran’s state TV on Sunday. Tehran in recent days has counterattacked against countries in the region hosting US military forces, killing at least three service members at a base in Jordan and one in Iraq.