Tehran Display Shows Trump Impersonator Behind Bars

Tehran authorities have installed a staged prison cell at Tajrish Square, featuring an actor wearing a mask of U.S. President Donald Trump behind bars and a slogan declaring that not seeing the scene is a crime. The display is suspended several stories above the square in northern Tehran. The performer, dressed in a dark suit and red tie, is shown pacing inside the cell or gripping its bars. A screen nearby carries messages denouncing what Iran describes as U.S. war crimes. The installation is symbolic; it does not depict an actual arrest or legal proceeding. Tehran municipal authorities said the display is intended to remind residents of Iran’s demands for justice over the war. Passersby have stopped to photograph the scene, and some have shouted insults at the figure. One person joked about paying the actor’s bail, while a teenager called out a threat. Those reactions were reported at the installation and do not establish how residents more broadly view it. The display connects its portrayal of Trump to Iranian accusations about civilian casualties in the conflict. Tehran accuses him of deliberately targeting civilian sites, including a school and a wedding. Those...