Like I said they really love lying and lying and yep lying
A viral video showing
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian bending down in front of a Hindu spiritual leader in New Delhi was
misinterpreted and cropped online. While social media users and some media outlets claimed he was bowing to touch the seer's feet, the full footage and multiple witnesses confirmed he was actually
picking up a piece of paper and a pen that had dropped to the floor. [
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What Actually Happened
- The Incident: During a cultural dialogue at the 2026 BRICS Summit in India, a document or magazine dropped to the floor while being handed over. [1, 2]
- The Gesture: In an act of courtesy, President Pezeshkian immediately bent down to pick it up. Simultaneously, Hindu spiritual leader Jagadguru Swami Satishacharya and Jain monk Acharya Lokesh Muni also leaned down to help. [1, 2]
- The Manipulation: The viral clip was tightly cropped to hide the floor, removing the dropped paper from view and making it appear as though the president was performing a traditional charan sparsh (seeking blessings by touching feet). [1, 2]
Both the
Iranian Embassy and eyewitnesses present at the event released statements confirming that the gesture was purely out of humility to retrieve the fallen