Iran Newspaper Names Trump, Netanyahu And European Leaders In 13 Person Revenge List

Tehran's favourite tabloid of terror has doubled down. Hamshahri , a daily owned by the Tehran Municipality and known for its love of the dramatic, published an infographic late Saturday naming 13 foreign leaders as targets for retribution over the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei . Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu get the honour of sniper crosshairs on their foreheads, while the remaining eleven are dressed in orange prison jumpsuits under the tasteful headline Revenge Is Inevitable, because nothing says diplomacy like a group mugshot.

The full cast includes British Prime Minister Keir Starmer , French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni , and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, alongside Washington's national security regulars Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth, CENTCOM commander Brad Cooper and ambassador Mike Huckabee. Israeli officials named vary by report, with some outlets citing IDF chief Eyal Zamir and foreign minister Gideon Saar, others pointing instead to defence minister Israel Katz, suggesting even Tehran's graphic designers cannot keep the enemies list straight.

Notably missing is US Vice President JD Vance , despite his lead role in recent US Iran diplomacy including talks in Switzerland aimed at opening a military channel with the Revolutionary Guard, an omission several outlets flagged as curious given his visibility.

Mojtaba Khamenei, the late leader's son and successor, released his statement dated July 9, the day his father was buried in Mashhad, declaring the nation pledges to avenge his blood and that of all martyrs against the criminal killers. The graphic did not appear in Sunday's print edition, and there is no indication Tehran has officially endorsed the list. This latest version widens an earlier Hamshahri front page from two weeks ago that showed only Trump in a rifle scope, now expanding to include European leaders whom Iran has separately accused of complicity for allowing US military aircraft through their airspace during the conflict.

The list surfaces days after US media reported Iran had planned to assassinate Trump, prompting him to switch aircraft leaving the Nato summit in Turkey, while fresh US strikes and Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz keep tensions climbing.