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A cartoon in the January 30, 2000 edition of the reformist Iranian
newspaper Azad depicts hard-line Iranian cleric Ayatollah Mohammad Taqi
Mesbah (rhymes with temsaah)Yazdi as a crodocdile, a symbol of treachery
and deception. Iranian clerics demanded Friday, Feb. 4, 2000, that the
culture minister be executed and lashed out at President Mohammad Khatami's
policies in a scathing response to the cartoon. The clerics said the caricature
was encouraged by Culture Minister Ataollah Mohajerani and the Khatami
administration's relaxed stance toward the media. (Related
news here)
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