“Come! We are waiting,” Major General Soleimani wrote on his Instagram page on Friday.
“I can stop you. Quds Force can stop you,” added Soleimani. “You start this war, but we will finish it.”
Earlier in the day, Trump tweeted an image of himself with the message borrowed from the HBO fantasy show, based on George R.R. Martin’s unfinished book series.
The US president’s critics quickly panned the tweet, and even HBO objected to the “trademark misuse,” though staying in-character.