Tehran installs giant billboard with bombed aircraft carrier and sends message to the USA: ‘He who sows wind reaps storm’

Cars pass by a billboard showing a bombed American aircraft carrier in the center of Tehran, capital of Iran ATTA KENARE / AFP Iran said, this Monday (26), that it will respond in a “forceful” way to any possible aggression from the United States, coinciding with the reinforcement of the American military presence in the Middle East with the arrival of an aircraft carrier. Iranian authorities also installed a huge billboard in a central square in Tehran showing a destroyed aircraft carrier: “He who sows wind reaps storm,” says the poster. ✅ Follow the g1 international news channel on WhatsApp Both messages were issued on the same day that the United States military Central Command (Centcom) announced the arrival of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group in the Middle East. The aircraft carrier and accompanying ships were sent as Iran cracked down on large-scale demonstrations. Although US President Donald Trump has not moved forward with military action against Tehran, he insists that all options remain on the table. Centcom, responsible for American military operations in the Middle East and parts of Central Asia, announced that the ship “is currently stationed in the Middle East to promote regional security and stability.” Iran: UN opens investigation and calls for ‘an end to repression’ In this Monday’s note, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said that there will be a “forceful response” that will provoke “regret in the face of any aggression”. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baqai declared that Iran has “confidence in its own capabilities.” In a reference to the aircraft carrier, the spokesman added: “The arrival of a warship of this type will not affect Iran’s determination and seriousness.” Dead in protests The group Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), based in the United States, said earlier on Monday that it had confirmed the deaths of almost six thousand people in the wave of protests in Iran, but emphasized that the real number could be higher. The NGO stated that it corroborated the deaths of 5,848 people, including 209 members of the security forces. However, the group indicated that it is still investigating another 17,091 possible deaths. The organization added that at least 41,283 people were detained. Repression and blocking of the internet Human rights groups accuse the authorities of shooting directly at protesters and of having blocked access to the internet since January 8 to hide the magnitude of the repression. The ayatollahs who control the regime remain in power despite the challenge posed by the protests, and opponents of the system see external intervention as the most likely engine of change. NGOs monitoring the number of victims of repression reported that their work was made difficult by the internet blockade. They also warned that the numbers cited by authorities are likely much lower than the actual number of victims. In their first official assessment of the protests, Iranian authorities last week reported 3,117 deaths, most of them members of the security forces or innocent people murdered by “agitators”. The organization specialized in cybersecurity Netblocks confirmed that the internet blockade remains in force and stated that it aims to hide “the scope of the deadly repression against the civilian population”.

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