Take My Imam... Please

LONDON -- Have you heard the joke about how Santa Claus passed out during a visit to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's house in Tehran? He was filling an unwashed presidential sock with presents when he was overcome by the smell.
For millions of Iranians, humor is proving the perfect way to let off steam, and jokes focusing on Mr. Ahmadinejad's purported lack of personal hygiene have begun to proliferate via text messages and e-mails. Most are the work of supporters of Iran's fractured reformist movement, which remains marginalized despite signs of a comeback in a recent vote for district councils.

...members of the president's personal staff say the boss likes a joke as much as anyone else. However, rumor has it that Mr. Ahmadinejad took umbrage recently at a joke claiming that he needed to shower more often. The gag was brought to his attention, not via Iran's formidable secret intelligence services, but in a misdirected text message. In response, he is said to have lodged an official complaint with the judiciary.
According to Rooz Online, a pro-reformist Web site, a senior official with the country's mobile phone network was fired and several others arrested and accused of being foreign spies.
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If I was a malcontent in Iran - and I would be a malcontent if in Iran - I wouldn't bet my health or my family's health on the assumption that a tyrannical Muslim leader-zealot would had a sense of humor.