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BBC Farsi Punk'd

By The Daily Dish
Aug 5 2009, 8:00 AM ET

In a good way. The BBC Farsi prime time news - watched by up to 10 million in Iran - was presenting the news of Ahmadi's selection as president of Iran. Then look what happened behind him on the fifth floor of the broadcasting room in Oxford Circus, London:



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