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I'm Krasivanova Twig from the Global Jigsaw podcast from the BBC, where we are talking Persian poetry in politics.

With its abundance of lovers and wine, Persian poetry sits uneasily with Iran's theocratic rulers.

I'm Krasivanova Twig from the Global Jigsaw podcast from the BBC, where we are talking Persian poetry in politics.

With its abundance of lovers and wine, Persian poetry sits uneasily with Iran's theocratic rulers.

Yet occasionally, even they turn to verse.

We ask why.

The Global Jigsaw looks at the world through the lens of its media.

Find us wherever you get your BBC podcasts.

In videos on social media, the four men are dressed in flat caps and three-piece suits adorned with golden chains like those attached to pocket watches.