The latest news from the Iranian government, apart from the endless and pointless debate about the nuclear programme, is that they have kicked off laughter classes in Tehran.
The idea may not work, as Robert Tait (perhaps the most competent journalist when it’s about Iran and Iranians) points out. Laughing during Moharram (which will start after the upcoming Eid and last 40 days) is considered inappropriate, and Iranians anyway have very little to laugh about. See for instance this video taken during the 13 Aban street protests.
The fact that most Iranians are now hiding their real identity in cyberspace (most of them have changed their last name to Irani or Iranian on Facebook and Twitter) is another reason not to laugh. These people are afraid just to speak!
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