Sometimes a media “exclusive” is beyond parody. This from The Mail on Sunday in Britain:

Did Iran’s president take part in a demo during a brutal afternoon in London (or was it a man who looked exactly like him?)
By JASON LEWIS

The features are unmistakable, the fervour irrepressible as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad turns against a crowd of opponents.

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But despite the uncanny likeness, officially this is not the President of Iran who oversaw the bloody suppression of his country’s democracy movement.

This picture was taken in London in 1984 and raises puzzling queries over Mr Ahmadinejad, 53.
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