In what can only be considered a remarkable sight, a banner thanking Israeli spy agency Mossad alongside an Israeli flag was seen on a pedestrian bridge over a busy thoroughfare in the Iranian capital of Tehran on Monday.
A photograph and video of the banner and flag were uploaded to social media. The sign was written in English and said, simply: "Thank you Mossad."
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The message was apparently in reference to the recent assassination of top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who was killed on November 27 in the city of Absard east of Tehran.
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Iranian authorities have accused Israel of being behind Fakhrizadeh's death. Senior officials in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have threatened to retaliate military.
Users online were quick to point out that the road over which the unusual sign was placed is named after former Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated in a US missile strike in Baghdad on January 3, 2020.
The neighborhood where the banner was placed is considered upper-middle-class, educated and liberal-leaning.
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