Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Mehdi Karroubi
Born: September 26, 1937 (age 87)
Bio: Mehdi Karroubi is an Iranian Shia cleric and reformist politician leading National Trust Party. He was the chairman of the parliament from 1989 to 1992 and 2000 to 2004, and a presidential candidate in the 2005 and 2009 presidential elections.