Kamangir (Archer)

Another Cartoon on Iran

Kamangir | February 13, 2006 | Category Iran

After German Minister of Defense Franz Josef Jung announced that the German army will guard the stadiums where the World Cup is to be held, a German cartoonist drew a picture showing Iran’s team with suicide belts playing against the German army. This event seems to make some people upset (see). The editor of Tagesspiegel, the journal which published the cartoons, apologized for any misunderstanding saying that the aim of the cartoon is to mock the general’s idea not to show that Iranians are terrorists. He expresses “everybody knows that the Iranian team won’t enter the stadium equipped with suicide belts”. He concludes by saying “It is definitely not in the tradition of the Tagesspiegel to engage in any kind of discrimination, be it based on gender, religion, ethnicity or nationality” (see).

It seems that hopefully there will be no demonstrations in Tehran on this subject.

p.s. Iran demanded apology (see).