It all started back on November 4th when CNN’s Jake Tapper responded to a sports tweet from former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad:
Congratulations to the @RedSox and the city of #Boston on winning #worldseries2018 pic.twitter.com/rfTiEu42UU
— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (@Ahmadinejad1956) November 4, 2018
Hello, Mahmoud. Remember when your Iranian Revolution Guard murdered Neda Agha-Soltan for peacefully protesting? pic.twitter.com/fmYQsSume5
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 4, 2018
Ahmadinejad must have just gotten around to checking his mentions because he responded this morning and obviously would have rather stuck to sports:
Jake, first of all this has nothing to do with this current post. You are making a big claim which has never been remotely proven.
— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (@Ahmadinejad1956) November 17, 2018
Im sure you know that I have condemned Neda’s murder many times. Her death was extremely suspicious. Again I’m sure you know she wasn’t near the protest the day she was killed.
— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (@Ahmadinejad1956) November 17, 2018
Tapper wasn’t having any of it:
I’m not going to engage with you if you’re going to continue to try to disgrace Neda’s name by engaging in deranged conspiracy theories, @Ahmadinejad1956. She was killed by the Basij; the world knows this and saw it happen. https://t.co/bGMcwFPJUH
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 17, 2018
@Ahmadinejad1956 while I have your attention, could you address this @hrw report on human rights abuses of the Iranian people under your leadership? https://t.co/dW8Adzj08Q
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 17, 2018
Dayum!
This is quite something. @jaketapper going at it with the former Iranian president. https://t.co/yyFDpqMOMe
— Tom Harrington (@cbctom) November 17, 2018
Nothing to see here, just another Saturday morning with CNN'S Jake Tapper & Iran's President going at it on Twitter.. with the Boston Red Sox copied on the thread ??? https://t.co/FmmHVEYW9G
— Marisel Morales (@57MCM) November 17, 2018
Oh Snap @jaketapper is going after Mahmoud. And I'm here for it! https://t.co/porzv8CLEx
— night OWL ?? (@niloofar__s) November 17, 2018
I’m pretty sure that @JakeTapper dragging @Ahmadinejad1956 is why this website was invented. pic.twitter.com/zFcdkES8Yq
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) November 17, 2018
Oh Jake. Don’t be silly! He’s too busy watching American sports and tweeting while the rest of his country is forbidden from using Twitter. https://t.co/dDiNqNb2Kh
— Kassy Dillon (@KassyDillon) November 17, 2018
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