Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei posted today (January 12): "That person, who sits there with arrogance and pride, giving orders to the whole world, also knows that tyrants and arrogant people, such as Pharaoh, Nebuchadnezzar, Reza Shah, Muhammad Reza, etc., have always met their downfall when their arrogance reached its peak. This person will also eventually fall."
Khamenei's post is accompanied by a photo of a broken Trump statue located in an Egyptian tomb.
Comment: Khamenei's remarks and the accompanying image represent a classic metaphorical expression of Iran's anti-American propaganda. By comparing Trump to tyrants like Pharaoh, Nebuchadnezzar, and the Pahlavi father and son, and using the visual symbol of a broken Trump statue in an Egyptian tomb, it directly points to the arrogance of American hegemony and Trump's interventionist actions. It also uses the historical narrative of "the proud will inevitably fall" to consolidate domestic anti-American consensus in Iran and send a message against hegemony to the Middle Eastern Islamic world.
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