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”’Hadi Heidari”’ is a press cartoonist in [[Tehran]], [[Iran]], whose work has appeared in reformist newspapers including ”[[Shargh]]”, ”[[Norooz (newspaper)|Norooz]]” and ”[[Neshat]]”.<ref name=”payvand1″>{{cite web|url=http://www.payvand.com/news/16/apr/1141.html |title=Hadi Heidari, creator of controversial “Blindfold” cartoon, finishes serving sentence |publisher= |
”’Hadi Heidari”’ is a press cartoonist in [[Tehran]], [[Iran]], whose work has appeared in reformist newspapers including ”[[Shargh]]”, ”[[Norooz (newspaper)|Norooz]]” and ”[[Neshat]]”.<ref name=”payvand1″>{{cite web|url=http://www.payvand.com/news/16/apr/1141.html |title=Hadi Heidari, creator of controversial “Blindfold” cartoon, finishes serving sentence |publisher= |=|=2016–}}</ref> |
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He is 39, and has a degree in painting from Tehran’s Arts and Architecture University.<ref name=”voiceproject1″/> Heidari was imprisoned in 2015 for a cartoon that offended members of the government. |
He is 39, and has a degree in painting from Tehran’s Arts and Architecture University.<ref name=”voiceproject1″/> Heidari was imprisoned in 2015 for a cartoon that offended members of the government. |
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On 26 April 2016, Heidari announced his release, thanking his supporters and posting an image on Instagram of a dove being freed from its cage.<ref name=”globalvoices1″>{{cite web| |
On 26 April 2016, Heidari announced his release, thanking his supporters and posting an image on Instagram of a dove being freed from its cage.<ref name=”globalvoices1″>{{cite web|=|url=https://globalvoices.org/2016/04/27/imprisoned-iranian-cartoonist-goes-free/ |title=Imprisoned Iranian Cartoonist Hadi Heidari Goes Free · Global Voices |publisher=|date=2016-04-27}}</ref> It was not the first time he had been imprisoned. During 2009, he was also jailed for several weeks during a crackdown following the disputed re-election of then-President [[Mahmud Ahmadinejad]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Esfandiari |first=Golnaz |url=http://www.rferl.org/content/iranpopular-poet-songwriter-arrested/27401037.html |title=Popular Iranian Poet, Songwriter Arrested |publisher=Rferl.org |date=2015-12-04 |accessdate=2016-06-15}}</ref> He was imprisoned in 2009 for 17 days.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cartooning for Peace |url=http://www.cartooningforpeace.org/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |language=fr}}</ref> |
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One commentator suggests that in the Muslim world, political cartoons offer a reliable way to get a point across to people who can’t read.<ref>{{cite web|last=Palmer |first=Brian |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2010/12/does_the_muslim_world_have_political_cartoons.html |title=Are political cartoons popular in the Muslim world? |publisher=Slate.com |date=2010-12-13 |accessdate=2016-06-15}}</ref> The US-based [[Committee to Protect Journalists]] rates Iran as the fourth most-censored country in the world,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/features/2013/06/07/Doodle-danger-Iran-cartoonists-on-tightrope-during-election-campaign.html|title = Doodle danger? Iranian cartoonists on tightrope during election campaign|date = 7 June 2013}}</ref> and a number of journalists remain in prison.<ref>{{cite web|author=Saeed Kamali Dehghan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/27/tehran-court-jails-three-iranian-journalists-for-spreading-propaganda |title=Tehran court jails three Iranian journalists for spreading propaganda | World news |work=The Guardian |date= 27 April 2016|accessdate=2016-06-15}}</ref> |
One commentator suggests that in the Muslim world, political cartoons offer a reliable way to get a point across to people who can’t read.<ref>{{cite web|last=Palmer |first=Brian |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2010/12/does_the_muslim_world_have_political_cartoons.html |title=Are political cartoons popular in the Muslim world? |publisher=Slate.com |date=2010-12-13 |accessdate=2016-06-15}}</ref> The US-based [[Committee to Protect Journalists]] rates Iran as the fourth most-censored country in the world,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/features/2013/06/07/Doodle-danger-Iran-cartoonists-on-tightrope-during-election-campaign.html|title = Doodle danger? Iranian cartoonists on tightrope during election campaign|date = 7 June 2013}}</ref> and a number of journalists remain in prison.<ref>{{cite web|author=Saeed Kamali Dehghan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/27/tehran-court-jails-three-iranian-journalists-for-spreading-propaganda |title=Tehran court jails three Iranian journalists for spreading propaganda | World news |work=The Guardian |date= 27 April 2016|accessdate=2016-06-15}}</ref> |
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Iranian cartoonist
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Hadi Heydari |
Hadi Heidari is a press cartoonist in Tehran, Iran, whose work has appeared in reformist newspapers including Shargh, Norooz and Neshat.[1]
He is 39, and has a degree in painting from Tehran’s Arts and Architecture University.[2] Heidari was imprisoned in 2015 for a cartoon that offended members of the government.
Arrest and imprisonment
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Heidari was imprisoned while working at The Shahrvand, a daily newspaper owned by Iran’s Red Crescent Society, the equivalent of the Red Cross.[3] He was sent to Tehran’s Evin Prison to complete a suspended one-year jail sentence imposed in 2013 for his “Blindfold” cartoon, which had been published in the Shargh; leading to a three-month shutdown of that publication.[4]
The Revolutionary Guards had filed a suit against Heidari for his cartoon, which showed a lineup of people, each tying a black blindfold on the next person in line. The cartoon had no caption, leading to several different interpretations.[1] Several politicians alleged that the cartoon had been intentionally released during the week of Holy Defence (a term referring to the eight-year Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s). According to the politicians, the blindfolds “reflected the black headband worn by Iranian soldiers – and suggested that the soldiers went to war blindly”,[1] and that the cartoon offended veterans of that war.[2]
Cartoon responding to Paris terror attacks
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At the time of his arrest, Heidari had recently gained international attention[5] with another of his cartoons, which depicted the Eiffel Tower in tearful solidarity with the people of France over the attacks on Paris by Islamic State in 2015.[3] Heidari’s imprisonment occurred shortly after his Paris cartoon appeared.[6]
On 26 April 2016, Heidari announced his release, thanking his supporters and posting an image on Instagram of a dove being freed from its cage.[5] It was not the first time he had been imprisoned. During 2009, he was also jailed for several weeks during a crackdown following the disputed re-election of then-President Mahmud Ahmadinejad[7] He was imprisoned in 2009 for 17 days.[8]
One commentator suggests that in the Muslim world, political cartoons offer a reliable way to get a point across to people who can’t read.[9] The US-based Committee to Protect Journalists rates Iran as the fourth most-censored country in the world,[10] and a number of journalists remain in prison.[11]
