Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has mocked the US on his X account after reports that an American fighter jet was shot down over Iran.
“After defeating Iran 37 times in a row, this brilliant no-strategy war they started has now been downgraded from ‘regime change’ to ‘Hey! Can anyone find our pilots? Please?’,” a post on Ghalibaf’s account says.
Trump said on 31 March that there has been regime change in Iran, saying the new crop of Iranian leaders are “much less radicalised” and more “rational”.
Ghalibaf has also sarcastically posted, “Wow. What incredible progress. Absolute geniuses.”
His account has been very active recently, posting occasional memes, while he was last seen on state TV on 17 March.
Some unconfirmed reports suggested the Trump administration was considering Ghalibaf as a potential partner and possibly even a future leader.