Have a look at this link (registration may be required), and tell me who the hell Jaafari reminds me of. It’s on the tip of my tongue, and it’s driving me crazy.
My first impression wasl Salman Rushdie:
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/books/reviews/12/11/review.rock.and.roll/story.rushdie.jpg
Mikhail Gorbachev?