Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei delivered a sweeping rebuke of the United States and its president, warning that history shows “arrogant rulers” inevitably fall when they reach the height of their power.
In a post on X, Khamenei drew parallels between the current US president and figures he described as symbols of tyranny and hubris. “The US President who judges arrogantly about the whole world should know that tyrants and arrogant rulers of the world, such as Pharaoh, Nimrod, Mohammad Reza [Pahlavi] and other such rulers saw their downfall when they were at the peak of their hubris. He too will fall,” he wrote.
