Posts Tagged Iran

Small man syndrome

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad shakes the adult's hand.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad shakes the adult's hand.

@M_Ahmadinejad: Our new missile test is a success! It has longer range, more powerful thrust, and can penetrate targets with great precision. Ask your Mom.

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I’m a millionaire many times over

This is 200 euros in Iranian rials:

Rials

Exchanging one crisp euro note for this pile of cash, and counting out all 52 notes, feels like doing a drug deal. The 50,000 rial notes are the largest practical denomination and each is worth about six Australian dollars. Even though I’m a millionaire it would be immature to take a bath in the money so I made my bed with it instead.

Millionaire bed

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Computer says no

I’m currently in Iran and have discovered that just like Twitter killed blogging, the Iranian net filter killed Twitter.

Blokked!

Blokked!

I knew that this was going to be something I’d have to deal with but I don’t think I’d truly, deep-down prepared myself for it. I’m gonna come home.

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