Afghanistan, Nov. 11 -- A Netanyahu lookalike, reportedly a shopkeeper in Tehran, has become an unlikely online star. A short video shows the man, whose resemblance to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hard to miss, behind the counter of a dried-fruit and sweets shop.
The nine-second clip has been shared widely on Persian-language social media. It shows the gray-haired man sitting behind a weighing scale. As the camera moves closer, a Persian caption asks viewers whether his face looks familiar.
For many viewers, it did. One Iranian user joked that Netanyahu had stopped worrying about Iran and gone into the nut business instead. Another suggested that Iranian state television hire the man to play the Israeli leader in staged sc...