A newspaper under the control of Iran’s Supreme Leader has said that Donald Trump and Mike Pompeo could soon be “next” for “divine revenge” while celebrating the attack on “apostate” author Salman Rushdie, Breitbart reports.
President Donald Trump and former Secretary of State and CIA director Mike Pompeo should feel “threatened” as a result of the attack on “apostate” author Salman Rushdie, a newspaper under the control of Iran’s Supreme Leader has claimed, with the paper threatening that the two former U.S. officials could be “next” for “divine revenge”.
Having sustained serious injuries on Friday after being stabbed multiple times at an event in New York, British-American author Salman Rushdie had been marked for death by the Iranian regime for decades, with the country’s then supreme theocratic leader Ayatollah Khomeini calling for “Muslims of the world rapidly to execute the author and the publishers of the book” so that “no one will any longer dare to offend the sacred values of Islam.”
Media in Iran have since celebrated the attack on the award-winning author, with the newspaper Kayhan — which is under the control of the officer of Iran’s current Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — warning both Donald Trump and Mike Pompeo that they may well be next over their role in orchestrating the assassination of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Qassem Soleimani.
“The attack on Salman Rushdie showed that taking revenge on the perpetrators of crimes and criminals on American soil is not a difficult task, and after this, Trump and Pompeo will feel more threatened,” an editorial published in the paper on Sunday read, which claimed that Rushdie suffered the “divine revenge” that both of the American officials may too suffer.
“Since the Iranian authorities have repeatedly warned that the main perpetrators of the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani, the former commander of the Quds Force, will pay for their crime and must be brought to justice, in the last three years, Trump and other perpetrators of this assassination have been in fear of they are taking revenge on Iran and they don’t even dare to travel outside America,” the paper suggested.
“Therefore, the attack on Salman Rushdie was a warning to the perpetrators of Sardar Soleimani’s assassination that even if they are under the extensive protection of the security forces, how close revenge is to them,” it concluded.
The editorial also justified the attack on Rushdie — as well as former Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini’s call for the man to be murdered — as being totally justified, describing the India-born author as being a “natural apostate” from Islam.
“An apostate (whether natural or national) is someone who turns away from his Islamic beliefs and turns his back on those principles,” the editorial reads. “A person who turns away from the religion of Islam and insults its sanctities is called a natural apostate, that is, someone like Salman Rushdie who, regardless of rejecting the religion of Islam, sought to insult it.” Breitbart
When informed that a newspaper under the control of Iran’s Supreme Leader has said that Donald Trump and Mike Pompeo could soon be “next” for “divine revenge” while celebrating the attack on author Salman Rushdie, President Biden told reporters: “Just more fake news from the media. Trump should feel more threatened from the Democrats’ witch hunts than from the Mullahs.”
Biden added: “Ultimately, the Mullahs can’t raid Trump’s property or convict him. But we certainly can.”
That is a lie. He actually released the following statement:
“Jill and I were shocked and saddened to learn of the vicious attack on Salman Rushdie yesterday in New York. We, together with all Americans and people around the world, are praying for his health and recovery. I am grateful to the first responders and the brave individuals who jumped into action to render aid to Rushdie and subdue the attacker.
Salman Rushdie—with his insight into humanity, with his unmatched sense for story, with his refusal to be intimidated or silenced—stands for essential, universal ideals. Truth. Courage. Resilience. The ability to share ideas without fear. These are the building blocks of any free and open society. And today, we reaffirm our commitment to those deeply American values in solidarity with Rushdie and all those who stand for freedom of expression. ”
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/08/13/statement-by-president-joe-biden-on-the-attack-on-salman-rushdie/
And you heard the Ten Commandments in shul yesterday? You must have been napping during the one about false witness.
I wish Biden would have been shocked and saddened by Iran’s plot to assassinate Pompeo and Bolton, and by the threat made by the khamenei-controlled newspaper saying that Trump and Pompeo could soon be “‘next’ for ‘divine revenge'” while the paper celebrated the attack on Mr. Rushdie. But rather than being shocked and saddened by it, Biden prefers to reach out to the murderers , and to make deals that would remove sanctions from them and allows them to make lots of money to spend on terror. Jus’ sayin’