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Mourners in Tehran’s mass funeral for Ayatollah Khamenei were filmed carrying chilling “wanted”-style posters with red crosshairs over the faces of Americans including President Trump, conservative voices and allies of Israel — the placards read “Sooner or later, your heads will roll.” These weren’t fringe scrawls on the back of a protester; footage shows organized displays and English-language threats rolled out amid the procession, a public menacing of anyone the regime considers an enemy.
Ben Shapiro didn’t mince words when he reacted on his show, calling out Tehran’s open threats and arguing bluntly that this is not rhetorical theater but a real assassination threat aimed at Americans and American voices. Whether you love his politics or not, any responsible journalist should recognize the seriousness when a foreign regime’s supporters publicly put targets over an American commentator’s head.
This is not the place for naive diplomacy. Independent footage and commentators amplified the images and warnings, and Iranian dissidents reminded Americans that when the Islamic Republic says “we’ll get you,” their words are backed by real networks and a history of foreign operations. We should treat these displays as the kind of credible threats they are, not as circus fodder for cable hosts.
Make no mistake: this is the practical consequence of decades of appeasement and half-measures. Tehran’s state-aligned mobs openly celebrating vengeance and publishing hit-list imagery should focus Washington’s mind on concrete protections for American citizens and on dismantling the assassination networks that the regime has cultivated abroad. Recent reporting reminding Americans of Iranian bounties and foiled plots underlines that these are not idle threats and that prevention requires action, not lectures.
For patriotic Americans watching, the lesson is simple — speak the truth, stand firm, and demand that our leaders protect us. Too many in the media will try to normalize or downplay this behavior to avoid rocking the political boat, but when a regime marks a list of Americans for killing there is no neutral ground; silence is complicity. Our commentators, our donors, and our officials deserve the same protection we’d demand for any citizen facing an explicit foreign threat.
If Washington has any sense of duty to its people, it will respond with deterrence, intelligence pressure, and defensive measures to keep targets safe — right here at home and in the diplomatic arena. The choice is stark: we either defend our people and our principles, or we teach our enemies that public death lists and crosshairs are an effective tool of state intimidation; hardworking Americans deserve better than timid rhetoric and wishful thinking.
