Iranian newspaper puts Trump, Netanyahu, and European leaders on hit list for Khamenei assassination

The Hamshahri newspaper published the list on social media on Saturday evening, echoing the ayatollah's statement. However, the list did not appear in Sunday's print edition.

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Detail from Tehran, the capital of Iran, Photo: Reuters
Detail from Tehran, the capital of Iran, Photo: Reuters
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The Iranian ultraconservative newspaper Hamshahri published today a list of figures who should pay with their lives for the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, including United States President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, French President Emmanuel Macron and other European leaders.

Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in a written message on Saturday, after the funeral of his father, former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed in an Israeli-American attack on February 28, the first day of the war - that revenge is inevitable.

"This revenge is the will of our nation and must inevitably be carried out. These criminals, whose names are on the list, will take to their graves the wish for a peaceful death in their beds," said Mojtaba Khamenei, who succeeded his father as supreme leader.

The Hamshahri newspaper published the list on social media on Saturday evening, echoing the ayatollah's statement. However, the list did not appear in Sunday's print edition.

Photos of 13 people who appear to be linked to the list mentioned by Mojtaba Khamenei, but which does not contain any names, were also published.

They feature portraits of Trump, Netanyahu and others, with a target drawn on it.

The list also includes US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, as well as European leaders, including Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and outgoing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

During the war, Iran criticized European countries for failing to condemn attacks on its territory and even for complicity by allowing US military aircraft to fly over their airspace.

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