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Iranian officials aren’t laughing about Funny in Farsi

The book Funny in Farsi first went on sale in Iran in 2005, but it wasn’t until this month that Iranian officia went after the person who translated the book from English into Persian. Soleimani Nia was arrested two weeks ago after being questioned in November.

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