Iranian cartoonist's conviction condemned
The Guardian / Saeed Kamali Dehghan
10-May-2012 (one comment)

Cartoonists have condemned the conviction of an Iranian colleague given a sentence of 25 lashes for drawing a caricature of a local MP that was deemed insulting.

Mahmoud Shokraye was put on trial after an Iranian MP, Ahmad Lotfi Ashtiani, took offence to a cartoon he drew of the parliamentarian in Nameye Amir, a city newspaper in Arak, the capital of Iran's central province of Markazi.

The Ilna semi-official news agency reported that a media law court in Markazi province had found Shokraye guilty of insulting the MP, handing down the unprecedented punishment.

In the cartoon, Ashtiani is depicted in a football stadium, dressed as a footballer, with a congratulatory letter in one hand and his foot resting on the ball. The MP's forehead has a dark mark, said to be the sign of a pious Shia Muslim, caused (supposedly) by frequent prostration during prayer. The cartoon contains little exaggeration and Ashtiani's forehead has also a prayer mark in reality.

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Arash Kamangir

IR leaders caricature should be printed on toilette papers

by Arash Kamangir on Sat May 12, 2012 09:42 AM PDT

In respond to IR,  the opposition abroad should print IR's officials pictures on toilette papers and export it to all over the World.


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