Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 02:14am on 30 Sep 2026,Wednesday India Global
Iran’s Embassy in India used a Bollywood meme on X to mock the United Nations, contrasting how the global body is portrayed in books with what Iran presented as its limitations in reality. The first panel featured Doctor Strange, the Marvel superhero and neurosurgeon with magical powers and multiple arms, labelled “UN according to school books.” The second showed Thakur Baldev Singh from the 1975 classic Sholay, played by Sanjeev Kumar, captioned “UN in reality.” The post reflects Iran’s wider use of pop culture and internet humour in digital diplomacy. The embassy did not specify any particular UN resolution or crisis in the post. The meme appeared amid the ongoing war.
