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Iran unveiled a massive Enghelab Square billboard threatening to kill Donald Trump, behind bars. The display coincides with rising tensions and possible U.S.–Israel strikes after midterm elections.
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Billboard in Enghelab Square
Iran unveiled a massive billboard in Enghelab Square in central Tehran that carried the message "We will kill Trump," depicting Donald Trump behind prison bars with his head bowed.
Dozens of people gathered in the square, waving red flags and carrying banners reading "There will be blood," as they demanded revenge for the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in US-Israeli strikes on February 28.
Iran also displayed another billboard showing Trump alongside US Vice-President J.D. Vance, special envoy Steve Witkoff and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with faces smeared with blood and torn suits.
Iran’s public messaging extended beyond billboards, with an open-air exhibition at Tajrish Square in northern Tehran showing paintings of Trump, including one depicting him with his face lying bloodied on the ground as a foot presses down on his head.
Diplomacy and Trump’s election
Renewed diplomatic efforts have been underway to bring Tehran and Washington to negotiate in order to prevent a resumption in fighting that has spread across the region and driven prices up globally. Trump said a deal "could happen" as he faced crucial US midterm elections on Tuesday amid voter discontent driven in part by the Iran war.
Iran’s campaign also included a life-sized replica of a jail cell in Tajrish Square, with an actor impersonating Trump spending the day inside. A nearby screen at Tajrish Square showed images of the damage caused by US strikes on Iran, while Tehran accused Trump of deliberately targeting civilian sites during the war, including a school and a wedding ceremony.
Retaliation message and stakes
Iran’s messaging framed the billboards as part of a broader campaign of anti-American rhetoric, with the displays pledging revenge and portraying Trump in humiliating and violent scenes. The Arabic-language report said the official site of Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei published an image of the Earth in the shape of a clock or countdown timer, attached with the phrase: 'There are no geographical boundaries to the Iranian response.'
“'There are no geographical boundaries to the Iranian response.'”
The same report said Mojtaba Khamenei directed a response to any attack "immediately and effectively and without regard to geographical boundaries." As diplomatic efforts intensified to push Tehran and Washington back to the negotiating table, the billboards’ explicit threat against a sitting US president left the public campaign positioned against the possibility of renewed hostilities.