Gollum et Circenses

The Iranian Government want to keep us indoors, and quiet. But which subversive programmer picked "The Lord of the Rings"? (via):

Gandalf the Gray returns to the Fellowship as Gandalf the White. He casts a blinding white light, and his face is hidden behind a halo. "Imam zaman e?!" someone in the room asks. Is it the Mahdi, the last imam and, according to Shia Islam, the savior of mankind?

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Gandalf's white steed strides into the frame. It is instantly transformed by local viewers into Rostam's mythical horse, Rakhsh. Rostam, the great dragon-slaying champion of Ferdowsi's poetic epic "Shahnameh," which recounts the whole history of Iran.

Et le Daily Show montre aussi qu'on les regarde beaucoup à Téhéran.