Al-Marsad newspaper: A video clip showing a lookalike of American actor Johnny Depp participating in Ashura rituals caused an uproar in Iran.
Against the background of the published videos and photos, the Iranian First Vice President Mokhber Dezfuli and Foreign Minister Abdullahian were attributed to congratulate the American representative on his conversion to Islam and participation in the Husseini ceremonies, but it turned out later that the platforms that published the congratulations are attributed to Iranian officials and are not officially affiliated with them. .
And in the past few days, cyberspace users claimed, by posting photos and videos, that Johnny Depp and Brian Cranston, two famous Hollywood actors, attended the mourning ceremonies of Tasu’a and Ashura, and after that, some local media published these videos under the title “Johnny’s presence.” Depp and Brian Cranston in Ashura rituals.
It later emerged that a person named “Amin Mahmoud Pour Thalith”, who works in the financial field and was born in the city of Tabriz in northwestern Iran, did his best to look like Johnny Depp, and this can be seen in a video posted on social platforms.