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Iranians displeased with 'jokes about genocide'  

Jump to full article: Politico, 2008-07-15
Author: Ben Smith's Blog

Intro:

Also, more puzzling:

Meantime, head of Iran's Tobacco Company rejected a recent report that the country has had direct cigarette imports from the United States.

"We import cigarettes through multinational firms, not directly from the US," Mahmoud Abtahi said on Saturday.

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