As American supporters of Iran like Jackson Hinkle flew to Tehran to celebrate the life of the great Imam Khamenei, the Iranian government went to the trouble of printing signs marking Americans for death, conveniently printed in English.
Khamenei supporters held up photos with a target hit list at his funeral including of President Trump and Laura Loomer@DHSgov needs to make sure none of these people are ever allowed into our country pic.twitter.com/XPpMv2dlq5
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 6, 2026
What was so striking to me about watching snippets of Iran's highly produced funeral for the former "Supreme Leader" is how America-focused it is. American influencers, such as Jackson Hinkle (with 3.8 million followers), were invited to attend, and at times Donald Trump was almost as prominent as Khamenei himself.
LONG LIVE KHAMENEI! pic.twitter.com/caK3PT7tLA
— Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 (@jacksonhinkle) July 6, 2026
Posters of Trump were there to have rocks thrown at him in a performative display. There was actually more hate directed at America than even Israel.
Iranians at Khamenei's funeral threw stones at an image of Trump
— The Gulag (@WelcomeTheGulag) July 6, 2026
America is the Great Satan, they chanted pic.twitter.com/lYCRGZynXh
No doubt, the primary audience for this production was Iranians and Islamists, for obvious reasons. After the drubbing Iran has taken over the past year, it's vital to show that the country remains united and that it is defying its enemies.
But much of the propaganda was aimed at Western supporters. Few Iranians could read those signs, and I can guarantee you that the average Iranian doesn't recognize Ben Shapiro, Laura Loomer, Peter Thiel, or Miriam Adelson.
Max Blumenthal is in Tehran celebrating with the regime. Andrew Breitbart had him pegged in 2010 - "you have been programmed by some ungodly creature to be this character of hatred" pic.twitter.com/ds9dp1VOha
— William A. Jacobson (@wajacobson) July 6, 2026
Iran calls the United States "The Great Satan," and the regime actually reviles us more than it does Israel, which it calls the "Little Satan." The Iranian regime has been at war with us for half a century, committing horrific acts of terrorism such as the attack on the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia and the Lebanon Barracks in 1983, killing 241 US service members.
Former Elizabeth Warren staffer who called for the United States to be abolished as justice for Khamenei, attended his funeral and called him one of the greatest leaders of her lifetime pic.twitter.com/WSzpzcpd1R
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 5, 2026
It's not shocking that a country that takes out contracts for Donald Trump has developed a kill list of prominent Americans, although I wonder how Laura Loomer got on that list.
This is absolute insanity. Pure, unfiltered brainwashing on full display.
— Joey Mannarino (@JoeyMannarino) July 5, 2026
Calla Walsh, the founder of Palestine Action US, flew out to attend the funeral of Ayatollah Khamenei.
That’s the same Khamenei who ran a regime that executed gays from cranes, beat and jailed women for… pic.twitter.com/dphgdeReCT
This is absolute insanity. Pure, unfiltered brainwashing on full display.
Calla Walsh, the founder of Palestine Action US, flew out to attend the funeral of Ayatollah Khamenei.
That’s the same Khamenei who ran a regime that executed gays from cranes, beat and jailed women for showing their hair, and spent decades funding terrorist groups that murder innocents across the Middle East and beyond.
And what does this brainwashed radical say while she’s there? She calls him “the greatest anti-imperialist leader” of her lifetime.
A Western woman, raised in a free country, standing at the funeral of a theocratic tyrant and praising him like he’s some kind of hero.
This is what years of far left indoctrination, campus radicalism, and obsessive anti-Western hatred does to people.
They get so twisted up that they’ll side with the most oppressive, misogynistic, homophobic regimes on earth, as long as those regimes also hate America and Israel.
This isn’t activism. This is ideological sickness.
The far-left has completely merged with Islamist extremism, and they don’t even try to hide it anymore.
Disgusting. Dangerous. And exactly why normal people are done with this nonsense.
Obviously, the average American doesn't buy this crap, but a shocking number of people do. The steady stream of propaganda has brainwashed millions of Americans—particularly younger Americans—who see these signs and identify with them.
After a decade of our education system pushing the "decolonization" agenda, we have arrived at this. Millions of younger Americans are convinced we are the bad guys, and Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis are the good guys.
DSA members and Palestinian Youth Movement activists say it plain and simple: "We have to destroy the idea of America."
— Canary Mission (@canarymission) July 5, 2026
Time to WAKE UP! pic.twitter.com/VyAQ9kU26T
Iran is putting a target on these particular Americans, but their ultimate target is the entire system itself. When they say "Death to America," they mean all of us.
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