Following on from the Russian joke, the Guardian today brings us a cracking Iranian joke:

A man dies and goes to hell, where he sees President Ahmadinejad dancing with the Hollywood star Jennifer Lopez. “Is this Ahmadinejad’s punishment?” he asks.

“No,” comes the reply. “It is Jennifer Lopez’s punishment.”

Laugh? I nearly enriched uranium!

Next week: the classic Burmese routine about the long-faced horse that fled into exile after opposing the military junta!