Overview
- The billboards, unveiled on Tuesday, November 3, showed an English-language threat reading "We will kill Trump" and large images of President Trump, Vice President JD Vance, envoy Steve Witkoff and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with bloodied faces.
- Photographs and on-the-ground reporting show dozens of people gathering beneath the displays in central Tehran’s Enghelab/Revolution Square with banners, chants calling for revenge, and the burning of U.S. and Israeli flags.
- The displays followed limited U.S. strikes on Qeshm Island near the Strait of Hormuz that U.S. officials said were defensive responses after Iranian forces fired at an American aircraft.
- President Trump has described the confrontation as a "very soft war," said he favors a diplomatic solution, and warned the United States could resume military action if talks fail.
- Iran has a long history of using billboards, murals and exhibitions for political messaging, and the new threats, documented by AFP photography and widely republished, could complicate negotiations and raise risks to shipping and regional stability.