Iranian Army Officer Gets Promoted

Iranian army officer waking up to a text message from Supreme Leader that he is now head of the army after the last five got eliminated

An exhausted, muscular man wakes up in bed and angrily reads a phone message. The joke imagines an Iranian army officer becoming army chief only because the five previous leaders have been eliminated, turning a promotion into a terrifying obligation. It is used as a reaction to an absurdly dangerous promotion or inheriting a responsibility after everyone else fails. EN: An exhausted, muscular man wakes up in bed and angrily reads a phone message. The joke imagines an Iranian army officer becoming army chief only because the five previous leaders have been eliminated, turning a promotion into a terrifying obligation. It is used as a reaction to an absurdly dangerous promotion or inheriting a responsibility after everyone else fails.

• @sbunem / 106238 2025-06-19