Her family embraces the overthrow of the shah's regime, but Marji realises that Iran is not changing for the better.
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Persepolis brings a lightness of touch to weighty topics, while the drawings capture precisely Marji's bewilderment at her rapidly changing world.
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At school, headscarves and veils transform Marji and her classmates into rows of Russian dolls, peeking timidly from behind each other's sloping shoulders.
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The Jamkaran extravaganza has enraged the grandayatollah.
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GrandAyatollah al-Sistani, the supreme Shiite religious authority, sat at the center.
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GrandAyatollah Ali al-Sistani's gaunt, humorless face adorned every UIA election placard.
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The GrandAyatollah Ruhollah Khomeini took power, and Iran's party scene became non-existent.
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GrandAyatollah Sistani said that key positions should be agreed before the new parliament meets.