OUCH! Jake Tapper DRAGS Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (who would REALLY rather stick to sports)

Doug P. | 12:38 PM on November 17, 2018

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