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Saman Arbabi

A cartoon drawn by Iranian American satirist Saman Arbabi about the nuclear aspirations of Iranian leaders.

The nuclear deal finally gives an Iranian American some good news to mock

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An Iranian-American satirist’s take on the nuclear deal with Tehran: “It’s like an Islamic marriage: The US now has three wives and none of them get along. One of them is Israel, one is Saudi Arabia, and the other is now Iran, the new wife.”

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