IRAN'S largest selling newspaper announced today it was holding a contest on cartoons of the Holocaust in response to the publishing in European papers of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed.No word yet on Holocaust survivors threatening to burn down Iranian building world wide.
"It will be an international cartoon contest about the Holocaust," said Farid Mortazavi, the graphics editor for Hamshahri newspaper - which is published by Teheran's conservative municipality.
He said the plan was to turn the tables on the assertion that newspapers can print offensive material in the name of freedom of expression.
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Iran To Hold Holocaust Cartoon Contest
Iran is going to hold a contest: