POLITICSJul 25 · 08:14 UTCTIMES OF ISRAEL

‘Reading Lolita in Tehran’: Lifts veil on how regime turned rotten

‘Reading Lolita in Tehran’ is a memoir adapted into a film, written by Iranian-American author Azar Nafisi and directed by Israeli Eran Riklis. The work explores the decline of Iran's regime through its thematic focus on societal decay.

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