Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has condemned the treatment of African Americans by police offers in Ferguson, Missouri, where an unarmed black teen was fatally shot by a white officer in August. More than a dozen postings, including two YouTube clips, on Khamenei’s official social media accounts have decried slavery and historic discrimination against African Americans in the United States. Some of the remarks have compared the violent clashes between protestors and police to Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. The following are tweets from the supreme leader’s English-language account.
Today the world is a world of tyranny and lies. The flag of #HumanRights is borne by enemies of human rights w/US leading them! #Ferguson
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) August 15, 2014Look at how US govt treats black community! It's not about 50-100 years ago but it's about today! #Ferguson
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) August 15, 2014Racial discrimination's still a dilemma in US. Still ppl are unsecure for having dark skins.The way police treat them confirms it. #Ferguson
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) August 15, 2014Racial discrimination is still a dilemma in the U.S. #Ferguson http://t.co/k1jpN89Qze pic.twitter.com/whAH2NblgF
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) August 17, 2014Based on global statistics,US govt is the biggest violator of #HumanRights. Besides int’l crimes,it commits crimes against its ppl.#Ferguson
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) August 17, 2014Today like previous years, African-Americans are still under pressure, oppressed and subjected to discrimination. #Ferguson
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) August 17, 2014Flag of #HumanRights is being carried by those who are themselves the biggest violators of HR.3/21/05 #Ferguson #Gaza pic.twitter.com/VG4zgRckQ8
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) August 17, 2014US govt humiliates & deceives its nation; as Quran says abt Pharaoh: He kept his ppl in deviance & didn't allow them to be guided. #Ferguson
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) August 20, 2014US govt has subjugated a great nation w/ massive resources to a criminal regime like #Israel.10/31/12 #Ferguson #Gaza pic.twitter.com/XU3dJgkVsp
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) August 20, 2014The day when the American nation realizes... http://t.co/MUJU7gCBLk #Ferguson #Gaza pic.twitter.com/lp0UI8Q2c6
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) August 22, 2014Sailing to W. African coast, Americans kidnapped tens of 1000s of men& women w/ guns & used to take them to US as slaves. #Slavery #Ferguson
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) August 23, 2014African-Americans were descendants of those who lived once as free humans in their rich land but westerners looted& enslaved them. #Ferguson
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) August 23, 2014There are many books to get familiar w/ West’s oppression on blacks & the tragedy of #slavery; “Roots” is among the most valuable. #Ferguson
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) August 23, 2014US tries to hide crimes agnst blacks by taking on the appearance of rendering services to #Africa which means nothing but hypocrisy.11/20/13
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) August 23, 2014African-Americans r descendants of those who lived in their rich land but US looted& enslaved them.#Ferguson #Slavery pic.twitter.com/kUwi5izqL1
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) August 23, 2014US leading the world? What a nonsense! #Leadership belongs to prophets & justice seekers. Have you established #justice in your country?
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) August 25, 2014You who claim the #leadership of the world, can you claim that African-Americans have the same rights as the whites? #Ferguson
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) August 25, 2014395 Years a Slave! https://t.co/j2reotPcvR #Ferguson #OWS #Occupy
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) September 17, 2014395 Years a Slave (2) https://t.co/0BLCn4RLjL #Ferguson #OWS
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) September 20, 2014In countries that claim to support #democracy,there's more injustice toward humans like in US where blacks are still discriminated.#Ferguson
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) September 28, 2014If US govt has a power, then it should use it to solve its own problems& put an end to racial discrimination. #Ferguson #Syria #Iraq 4/13/94
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) September 28, 2014Have you managed to establish #justice inside the US? Can you claim that the 50M black people enjoy the same rights as the whites? #Ferguson
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) September 28, 2014How can US claim to be the leader in #WarOnTerror while it has got its hands dirty with the blood of humans? #Ferguson #Syria #Iraq 12/31/90
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) September 28, 2014