Video: Iranian Supreme Leader Slams History of US Race Relations in ’#BlackLivesMatter’ Tweet

Commenting on the recent protests and riots in Minneapolis, Minnesota, following the killing of George Floyd on Monday, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei posted a video to social media which argued the US’ present is evil, like its past.

The video posted by Khamenei’s English-language video account on Twitter combined images of the transatlantic slave trade, the US civil rights movement and modern-day police brutality, with comments from the supreme leader regarding race relations in the US. He added the hashtags “#ICantBreathe” and “#BlackLivesMatter” to the end of the post.

“The question of racism has not been solved yet in the country that claims to support freedom and human rights,” asserted Khamenei in the video clip. “A human, for his black skin, has no reassurance to live in that society. If needed, a police officer can beat him to death, because of his colored skin!”