Kamangir (Archer)

An Iranian looking at Iran as a foreigner…

Archive for September 6th, 2007

Offensiveness: A Proprietary Right

By Kamangir • Sep 6th, 2007 • Category: Human Rights, Iran, Islamic Republic, Israel, US

Following the issue about the cartoon in The Columbus Dispatch I did a quick research on the cartoons published in the state-run newspaper Kayhan whose head is appointed by the Supreme Leader. The result? See it for yourself,

US is the Nazi Germany.
Jews are fat and always hold a gun.
Arabs are fat and are America’s defecation.
Jews [...]



Do not Panic! You are not a Cockroach!

By Kamangir • Sep 6th, 2007 • Category: Iran, Islamic Republic, US

Some people in the Iranian blogosphere have felt insulted after The Columbus Dispatch published a cartoon “resembling Iran to a sewer with cockroaches coming out of it”. The issue has also attracted NIAC’s attention, “By publishing this racist cartoon, the editors of the Dispatch have insulted and propagated hate against the Iranian American community”.
Guys! Cool [...]