On February 4, the Iranian ministry of culture and Islamic Guidance ruled to suspend the Iranian newspaper Hamat, over a controversial political cartoon. The cartoon was accused of "insulting high-placed regime officials" according to CNW Telbec.
The newspaper published the cartoon, depicting a spoof poster of a movie titled "Slaying of Ahmadinejad", referring to the imminent June election, and the possibility that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be defeated. The poster showed the photo of the film’s mock "director", former Iranian President, and the photos of it’s three "stars", former President Mohammad Khatami, former Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Tehran’s current mayor, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf. Each of these men is a potential challenger to Ahmadinejad in the election.
Reporters Without Borders has condemned the suspension, stating that "There would be something comic about this suspension if it did not constitute a heavy-handed warning to all Iranian media that do not limit themselves to reproducing propaganda."
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