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FILE — Marjane Satrapi, the author of "Persepolis," in New York on May 15, 2003. Satrapi, whose graphic novel series “Persepolis” introduced millions of readers to the struggles of ordinary Iranians during the turbulent years around the Islamic Revolution, has died at 56, the office of President Emmanuel Macron of France announced on June 4, 2026. (Librado Romero/The New York Times)..

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