Donald Trump asks at U.N. if he should "annihilate the Islamic Republic" over Iran threat

During his Tuesday address to the U.N. General Assembly, President Donald Trump discussed the U.S. conflict with Iran and described a major decision: whether an agreement would let Iran rebuild into a prominent regional or global nation, or whether the U.S. would act rapidly and decisively to stop Iran from threatening other countries in the future, according to Reuters. Iran's embassy responded on social media with a scene from the 2023 Telugu action film Bhagavanth Kesari, saying Trump knew Iran could protect itself and suggesting his administration had recently been watching Indian cinema instead of Hollywood. Users noted the clip came from Telugu cinema, not Bollywood, turning the exchange into a pop-culture dispute.