Iranian Film Shows Trump Lookalike Dancing to Pop Song
A scene from the Iranian comedy "Tehran 57" features a Donald Trump lookalike performing the YMCA dance. The sequence draws on a rumor that President Trump visited Iran before 1979.
nypost.comA scene from the Iranian comedy film "Tehran 57" shows a Donald Trump lookalike dancing the YMCA to an Iranian pop track. The movie was released in December and is set in Tehran in the late 1970s. " The track used is "After You" by Iranian singer Hassan Shamaizadeh.
"Tehran 57" centers on Iranians participating in an investment project involving wealthy American businessmen. It portrays daily life and social atmosphere in the capital before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The scene references a persistent but unverified claim that President Trump traveled to Iran before 1979 to purchase the Ramsar Hotel and develop a casino.
Iran International reported that the rumor has circulated for years.
The photograph that fueled the rumor was taken in Atlantic City in 1988. No records show that President Trump visited Iran at any point before the revolution. S. military actions that resulted in the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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Comedy film "Tehran 57" released in Iran.
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Some Iranians performed YMCA dance after U.S. strikes that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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Potential Impact
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The film scene may increase online circulation of the 1979 Iran visit rumor.
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