Iran18 July, 20262 min read
Iran Displays 'Blood for Blood' Billboard In Central Tehran With Trump Family In Coffins
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Iran unveiled a banner in central Tehran's Palestine Square showing Trump and family above coffins. Coffins draped in the U.S. flag with a burning White House backdrop.
Billboard in Tehran
Iran unveiled a new billboard in central Tehran showing US President Donald Trump and his family members above coffins draped in the American flag, with the slogan "Blood for Blood" prominently displayed. The Times of India said the mural was installed in Palestine Square and depicted Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and their five children: Ivanka, Donald Trump Jr, Eric, Tiffany and Barron above coffins set against the backdrop of the White House.
NDTV described the banner as featuring Trump's five children—Ivanka, Don Jr, Eric, Tiffany, and Barron Trump—and Melania Trump along with the US president, with a burning White House as a backdrop. NDTV also said the billboard was the second time Iran had threatened the US President on a billboard, after Iran put up another billboard in Enghelab Square showing Trump lying in a coffin.
Revenge language and officials
The Times of India linked the "Blood for Blood" slogan to threats of revenge for US-Israeli strikes that killed Iran's late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several members of his family, saying Khamenei was killed on February 28. It added that Iranian officials have repeatedly vowed revenge following Khamenei's killing, and that his son and successor, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, said those responsible would not die 'peacefully in their beds'.
NDTV said Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei announced that the revenge for his father's assassination "will most certainly be carried out" and that the perpetrators will not die "peacefully in their beds". NDTV also quoted Mojtaba Khamenei writing on his Telegram channel that "This revenge is the demand of our nation, and it will most certainly be carried out."
Digital escalation and debate
Alongside the street imagery, an Al-Nahar report described a social-media and digital campaign that used the slogan 'We will kill Trump' in Persian and English, framed as part of a broader battle to influence public opinion before firing a shot.
“‘We will kill Trump’... What lies behind the language of blood in Iranian digital posts?”
annahar said the "kill Trump" message was reinforced under the direction of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps during Khamenei's funeral and that Mojtaba Khamenei later said revenge for his father's blood "is certain."
annahar also quoted a writer and political analyst, George Isa, saying the murals calling for Trump’s assassination "represent an additional escalation of the propaganda war" and that they send a psychological pressure message to U.S. President Donald Trump.
In the same discussion, CNN Senior Military Analyst and former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, Admiral James Stavridis, joined Michael Smerconish to discuss Iran's latest "blood for blood" threat following continued U.S. strikes.