Pop artist Andy Warhol created some of the most iconic images in modern art. Now, some of his work is on display at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in Iran. The exhibition comes at a curious time after the election of Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line cleric who won Iran’s presidential election in June. Nicolas Pelham is a Middle East correspondent for The Economist.
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