'Naughty and playful': Supreme leader Khamenei trolled over decade-old posts amid Israel-Iran conflict
As the conflict between Israel and Iran has entered the second week, leaders of both countries have upped the ante both in terms of air strikes and rhetorical war of words. Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is making headlines for his stern warnings to Israel as well as the US incase of strikes on the Islamic Republic. However, as if in a parallel universe, social media is abuzz with a bunch of old posts by Khamenei on X (formerly Twitter), with netizens taking jibe at the Supreme Leader's rather light-hearted comments from 2013. In a decade-old post, Khamenei mentioned first Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and wrote, "Before studying "Glimpses of World History" by Mr. #Nehru I didn't know #India before colonization had undergone so many important #advances".The post is seeing several comments from Indians with some surprised that Khamenei "admires" Nehru. .Trump for Nobel: Pakistan nominates US President for Peace Prize over 'leadership during Indo-Pak crisis' ."I am glad to know that you resonate with Nehru's ideas. However, it raises a question—why then have two of his core principles, democracy and the rightful empowerment of women, been neglected in your country?," wrote a user. "So you read, but never learn. That's why still no nukes after 50 years..," said another. .In another post dated September 24, 2013, 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 (sic)." Netizens did not think twice before poking fun at this revelation and some even found it "relatable."A user wrote, "U have nothing 2 B ashamed of. You're just as naughty and playful as ever," while another said, "Haha and you never lost that side of you. The naughty side I mean..".One of Khamenei's posts from 2015 has also resurfaced. "I'm not into cinema and visual arts but when it comes to poetry and novels, I'm not just a typical audience," he wrote. "Booktok girly zomg," replied a user. "Typical Twilight enjoyer," wrote another. People are also suspecting if the Supreme Leader's account was hacked.
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