Amid Israel-Iran conflict, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's bizarre posts re-surface. Internet is in complete disbelief
At a time when Israel and Iran are bombing each other and tensions are rising in the Middle East, users on X, formerly known as Twitter, have digged up old tweets of Iran's Supreme leader
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
. While his current feed is a barrage of anti-Israel declarations and revolutionary slogans, if you scroll a little back, his old tweets offers musings on love and literature.
Khamenei is being mocked mercilessly over a slew of bizarre social media posts that resurfaced as the Israel-Iran war broke out — including his musings about treating a woman right and even being 'naughty&playful' as a school kid.
Most of his old posts are written in SMS-style abbreviations and date back at least a decade- in sharp contrast to his anti-Israel and war rhetoric.
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's old tweets re-surface
Dozens of posts have since been plucked from the feed and dunked on with the internet's usual mixture of irony, affection and complete disbelief.
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In one of his tweets from 2013, Khamenei recalled trying to be the class clown in clerical robes. He offered a throwback to when he was a 'naughty&playful' young boy who just wanted to stay cool while wearing his traditional cloak to school.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wrote, "I went 2school w/a cloak since1st days;it was uncomfortable 2wear it in front f other kids, but I tried 2make up 4it by being naughty&playful.'
Social media users were quick to fire back, with one X user replying: 'U have nothing 2 B ashamed of. You're just as naughty and playful as ever.'
'Born to be playboi carti, forced to be ayatollah,' another chimed in.
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Netizens did not stop here as they seized on another 2013 post in which the supreme leader offered up love advice. 'U can't leave all tasks 2ur #wife&then criticize her.Even if she's a scientist/politician,yet when interacting within family,she's a #flower,' he wrote in the Sep. 3, 2013 post.
Things got even weirder when users unearthed decade-old reflections on emotional labor in marriage. 'Men have responsibility toward women's needs & feelings,' he tweeted. On Thursday, over a decade later, one user dubbed him the 'Chad Ayatollah.'
'Man has a responsibility to understand #woman's needs and feelings and must not be neglectful toward her #emotional state,' he said in a seperate post just days later. One user fired back sarcastically, 'So true king.' 'When Wifeguyatollah Khamenei discloses the strategies that have sustained his marriage for over 60 years, I sit my black ass down and listen,' another chimed in.
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