This isn’t an isolated incident — it’s part of a pattern. Iran has used massive public billboards as psychological warfare throughout the ongoing conflict, including a January 2026 billboard depicting a destroyed U.S. aircraft carrier covered in blood. Khamenei himself posted a cartoon image of Trump in a coffin on X, warning that history’s "tyrants and oppressors" have always eventually been overthrown.
So is this just propaganda, or should it be taken as a genuine threat? U.S. intelligence agencies have tracked real, prosecuted Iranian assassination plots for years — including a documented Revolutionary Guard plot to assassinate former national security adviser John Bolton, reportedly involving payments of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Both Bolton and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have lived under U.S. government protection because of ongoing threats.
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