Despite what everyone thought they knew, the Iranian Rial is the only world currency worth the paper it’s printed on.. and then some! At least according this Op-Ed from Press TV, which argues that the Rial is a unit of wealth, while the US dollar is simply a unit of debt.
For those keeping score, it currently takes just under 11,000 units of Iranian ‘wealth’ to equal a single unit of American ‘debt.’
Iranian Baseball Federation’s Championship game is tomorrow. Qom versus Bushehr. Incredible matchup: one side claims the power of the atom and the other the power of God. Seriously, I can’t make this stuff up.
A brand new hotel opened in Tehran and the GM asked me what was wrong with the tagline: “Sleep With The Best.” I told him: “Nothing at all!”
As this story about over-the-top Iranian American weddings makes the Internet rounds, Iranians around the world are having a good laugh at the expense of their rich cousins living in LA.
The description of the “Phantom of the Opera” style wedding, and its disastrous outcome are particularly good fodder for Iranians who feed off the misery of others.
All jokes aside, though, more than one Tehran couple is now re-thinking their plans of having a very life-like “Lion King” themed ceremony.
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