Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was trending on Twitter Monday afternoon and evening after President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE mistakenly said he was issuing sanctions against the former Iranian supreme leader, who died in 1989.

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Trump signed an executive order Monday implementing sanctions targeting Iran’s current supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as well as other high-ranking officials in the country. The executive order will deny Khamenei and others access to financial instruments.

But Twitter users were quick to point out the president’s mistake in identifying the incorrect supreme leader.

Trump says he's sanctioning the Ayatollah Khomeini, who has been dead since 1989. https://t.co/pGQQSd2irR — Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) June 24, 2019

"Ayatollah Khomeini and his office will not be spared from the sanctions" - terrible news for Ayatollah Khomeini https://t.co/uAQoZJtTKJ — Tom Gara (@tomgara) June 24, 2019

I had to see why Ayatollah Khomeini was trending. Because, of course, I did. pic.twitter.com/NHKzIP91Zc — Vincent Frank (@VincentFrankNFL) June 24, 2019

Many also referenced Trump’s previous, now-viral, comments on Frederick Douglass.

In 2017, Trump called Douglass “an example of somebody who’s done an amazing job and is getting recognized more and more, I notice,” which prompted some to question whether Trump knew who the iconic abolitionist was.

In other news Trump sanctioned Ayatollah Khomeini today who has been dead since 1989. I think Frederick Douglass told him to do it. https://t.co/jR8Bhjktvl — Amy Siskind ️‍ (@Amy_Siskind) June 25, 2019