Yerevan, July 5 -- Iran on Sunday strongly criticised US President Donald Trump after he claimed he could eliminate the nation's senior leadership gathered at the funeral of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in "one shot."

In a sharp retort, the Iranian Embassy in Armenia targeted both Trump and the United States in a post on X. The embassy noted that the US, which observed its 250th Independence Day on July 4, would fail to comprehend the massive wave of grief following Khamenei's death, as it "neither has a civilisation, history, nor honour."

"People can be killed, but ideals cannot. You killed Ayatollah Khamenei, but in reality, you broke a perfume bottle whose scent spread everyplace," the diplomatic mission stated, pointing to the...