JL;DR SUMMARY Amid escalating tensions with the U.S., the Iranian regime has latched onto the figure of Jeffrey Epstein in its anti-Western propaganda, merging his notorious image with conspiracy theories involving Baal, an ancient deity mischaracterized in some narratives as a symbol of moral corruption. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.