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Iran cartoonist faces 25 lashes for drawing MP
Updated On: 12 May, 2012 08:04 AM IST | | Agencies
The country draws criticism after Mahmoud Shokraye, a cartoonist was convicted for drawing a caricature of MP Ahmad Lotfi Ashtiani
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| Not so funny: Iranian MP Ahmad Lotfi Ashtiani deemed the cartoon insulting |
Cartoonists have condemned the conviction of an Iranian colleague sentenced to 25 lashes for drawing a caricature of an 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 newspaper in Arak, capital of Iran’s Markazi province. It was reported that a media law court in Markazi had found Shokraye guilty of insulting the MP, handing down the unprecedented punishment.
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In the cartoon, Ashtiani is depicted in a soccer stadium dressed as a soccer player, 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 Muslim, supposedly caused by frequent prostration during prayer.u00a0The cartoon contains little exaggeration and Ashtiani’s forehead has a prayer mark in reality.
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