Google now offers a Persian option on its Translate page to help you better keep up with the fast-moving events in Iran. I just tried it, and while it is somewhat rudimentary, it translated the first Twitter message I found—”متشکرم اندرو سالیوان برای عط سبز “و وبلاگ شما”—as “I was not going to protest until I saw that Andrew Sullivan turned his blog green in solidarity,” which seems about right.
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— Balk: Persian For Beginners (via Hello Friend)