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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Jessie Williams

Memes, AI slop and financial advice: How Iran is beating Trump at his own online propaganda game

More than 92 million people in Iran have been cut off from the internet for over 30 days under a severe nationwide blackout, but one man with access is using a dizzying combination of memes, trading tips and sarcasm to play Donald Trump at his own propaganda game.

The hardline speaker of the Iranian parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has regularly been posting taunting memes in English on X in an attempt to counter Trump’s frequent Truth Social posts on the war.

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