A letter in Private Eye complains that Lord Gnome's organ began a report on restrictions imposed by the Iranian government with the words:
The Iraqi government imposed widespread internet blackouts to try to contain the unrest that followed the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini...
This reminds me of the story about the subeditor working a freelance shift on a newspaper who called out: "What's your house style? 'Iran' or 'Iraq'?"
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