Mana Neyestani
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Mana Neyestani is an Iranian cartoonist of Iranian Azeri ethnicity.[1][2][3][4] He is the brother of Touka Neyestani, who is also a cartoonist.
Riots erupted by ethnic Azeris in Iran when they took offense in Mana Neyestani's cartoon, published in the children's section of the 12 May 2006 supplement of Iran, a government run newspaper. The cartoon depicted a coackroach responding in Azeri or Persian. He along with Mehrdad Ghasemfar, the editor-in-chief of Iran, were arrested by government officials and the newspaper was closed down following the riots.
Neyestani was born in 1973 in Tehran. He is a graduate of University of Tehran with a M.A. in Architecture and a high profile and successful cartoonist since his first drawings for Zan newspaper in 1998.[5]
Mana Neystani's father Manouchehr was a famous Iranian poet.[6]
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- ^ "Cockroach Cartoonist Jailed In Iran". The Comics Reporter. 2006-05-24. http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cockroach_cartoonist_jailed_in_iran/.
- ^ "Iranian paper banned over cartoon". BBC News. 2006-05-23. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5008420.stm.
- ^ "IFJ Criticises “Political Interference” as Cartoons Rows Put Journalists in Jail in Iran and Jordan". International Federation of Journalists. June 3, 2006. http://www.ifj.org/default.asp?Index=3956&Language=EN.
- ^ "IRAN: Azeris unhappy at being butt of national jokes". IRIN (United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)). 2006-05-25. http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=53543&SelectRegion=Asia&SelectCountry=IRAN.
- ^ "Biography of Mana Neyestani". International Cartoon Center or IRANCARTOON International Features. Archived from the original on 2005-10-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20051016055902/http://irancartoon.com/MANA/INDEX2.HTM. Retrieved on 2007-02-08.
- ^ (Persian) http://www.iraninstitute.com/1382/821024/html/art.htm
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