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 :We have had discussion on this before (see #Highest temperature on Earth and #Highest temperature on Earth....again). This reading should not be included for two main reasons (and a bunch of little ones): 
 # It is a surface temperature, which is not really weather 
 # It is not claimed to be a record, and higher surface temperatures have been recorded in the past. 
 I found the Iranian state news article on this subject quite amusing, as it makes no sense whatsoever. Sounds like something got lost in translation... - "