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‘Not defenceless’: Iran uses Telugu movie clip to mock Trump's 'annihilate' threat

Donald Trump Iran United States Nandamuri Balakrishna the Islamic Republic

Iran has responded to US President Donald Trump’s threat to “annihilate” the Islamic Republic with a scene from Telugu superstar Nandamuri Balakrishna’s 2023 action film Bhagavanth Kesari .

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The Iranian Embassy in Zimbabwe shared a 58-second clip from the film on X, shortly after Trump made the threat during his address to the United Nations General Assembly on September 22.

“Trump talks about annihilating Iran. But he knows Iran is not defenceless,” the embassy wrote alongside the video. The post also said Trump and his administration had “recently been watching Bollywood instead of Hollywood”.

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