Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi’s uploading of the image of former Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly sparked an interaction on Twitter, and the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs commented on the matter by replacing Soleimani’s image with a picture of the Iranian girl, Mahsa Amini. Her death sparked widespread protests in Iran.
Raisi had raised Soleimani’s picture during his speech in the General Assembly and said: “The hero of the war against terrorism and the destroyer of the terrorist group ISIS was none other than the “martyr Soleimani”, who gave his life in order to defend the freedom of the regional peoples, but former US President Donald Trump signed the The document of the illegal brutal crime of assassinating this great man,” according to the official Iranian news agency (IRNA).
The Iranian president continued, saying, “A fair follow-up to this crime, which Trump has admitted, will be a service to humanity, a subject of humiliation to injustice and injustice, and an elevation of justice and fairness,” according to IRNA.
On the other hand, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs commented on this photo, and replaced Soleimani’s photo with another for Amini, and commented on it by saying on its official page on Twitter: “You may think that you are deceiving the world, but that is all we see.”
For days, Iran has witnessed widespread protests after the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, who was arrested by the Iranian authorities because of her appearance, according to allegations that she had died under torture, and videos that CNN could not verify their authenticity spread about the burning of Soleimani’s photos in some Iranian cities.
Raisi’s behavior sparked controversy on Twitter, as some tweeters expressed their support for what he did, while others considered the move a “disgrace” for the United Nations.
Here are the most prominent tweets: