Iran unveiled a huge billboard threatening Donald Trump with death on Tuesday in Tehran, taking a new step in its anti-American rhetoric, at a time when the two countries say they are intensifying discussions to avoid a major resumption of hostilities.
“We will kill Trump” proclaims this sign, dominating the busy Enghelab (“Revolution”) square. It shows the American president – facing difficult elections on Tuesday – behind bars, his head bowed.
Another nearby panel depicts him alongside his vice president JD Vance, special envoy Steve Witkoff and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, faces bloodied and suits torn, in front of tattered Israeli and American flags.
Dozens of people gathered in the square in the morning, waving red flags and carrying banners that read: “There will be blood.” They called for revenge for the supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, who was killed by the February 28 US-Israeli strikes on Tehran, which sparked war in the Middle East.
Integral part of public space
Since the start of the conflict, posters and signs mocking Donald Trump and swearing revenge have frequently been installed across Tehran.
In the bustling Tajrish Square in the north of the capital, an open-air exhibition featured such paintings, including one showing the US president lying on the ground, his bloodied face crushed by a foot. Another depicted a bomb obscuring his face, in an apparent reference to Belgian surrealist René Magritte’s 1964 painting, “The Son of Man.”
Nearby, a life-size replica of a prison cell in which an actor playing the US president spends the day remains on display.
Tehran accuses Donald Trump of deliberately targeting civilian sites during the war, including a school and a wedding ceremony, killing dozens of people, children, women and men.
State-funded billboards and murals have been an integral part of Iranian public space since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
They are used to pay tribute to allies, celebrate military figures and send political messages to adversaries, particularly the American and Israeli sworn enemies.
