As we’ve pointed out multiple times here at Mediaite, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei takes great pleasure in using his Twitter account to troll the United States on everything from race relations to torture reports, and the Iran nuclear framework.
Early Sunday morning, the Supreme Leader of Iran again tweet-stormed the U.S. on race relations, specifically commenting on the ongoing protests in Baltimore over the death of Freddie Gray in police custody by using the hashtags #FreddieGray, #BlackLivesMatter, #MikeBrown, #EricGarner and various others.
Khemenei accused U.S. police officers of killing innocent people, and called it “ridiculous” that black men are killed by police even though President Barack Obama himself is an African-American. “They celebrate a day for abolition of slavery but such crimes are committed against the blacks,” he tweeted.
Check out the tweets below:
Power & tyranny are different. In some countries like US, police are seemingly powerful but they kill innocents. #FreddieGray #RekiaBoyd
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) April 26, 2015
On false pretexts US police shoots ppl on streets. This is a type of power which doesn't ensure security but leads to insecurity. #MikeBrown
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) April 26, 2015
Acquittal of US cops who committed murder is among measures taken by statesmen who ignore humanity& religion. #BlackLivesMatter #WalterScott
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) April 26, 2015
It's ridiculous that even though US President is black, still such crimes agnst US blacks continue to occur. #BlackLivesMatter #FreddieGray
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) April 26, 2015
They celebrate a day for abolition of slavery but such crimes are committed against the blacks. #EricGarner #TrayvonMartin #BlackLivesMatter
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) April 26, 2015
Even abolition of #slavery in #US wasn’t based on humanitarian intents but on North-South wars & conflict b/t landowners & industrialists.
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) April 26, 2015
Power with cruelty isn’t favored by #Islam. #Police should embody justice and mercy while being potent. pic.twitter.com/EAFn2ybpLm
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) April 26, 2015
Earlier this month, Khamenei tweet-stormed the Iran nuclear deal, highlighting his specific doubts about the particulars of the outlined agreement.
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