Jake Tapper Calls Out Ahmadinejad on Human Rights and ‘Deranged Conspiracy Theories’ on Twitter
In case you haven’t heard, former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is on Twitter now, and a recent tweet of his about the World Series has culminated in a Twitter back-and-forth with CNN’s Jake Tapper over human rights.
Earlier this month, after Ahmadinejad congratulated the Red Sox, Tapper followed up with a question about Neda Agha-Soltan, the young woman who was killed during the 2009 protests in Iran:
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
That appeared to have been it, but then Ahmadinejad responded to Tapper this morning, almost two weeks later:
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 fired back by calling out his “deranged conspiracy theories” about Neda and following up with questions about Ahmadinejad’s record on human rights abuses:
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
After all, @amnesty too had serious questions about how you treated your own people. https://t.co/fA59iWeoNN
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 17, 2018
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