”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.
“The Western papers printed these sacrilegious cartoons on the pretext of freedom of expression, so let’s see if they mean what they say and also print these Holocaust cartoons,” he said.
Iran’s fiercely anti-Israeli regime is supportive of so-called Holocaust revisionist historians, who maintain the systematic slaughter by the Nazis of mainland Europe’s Jews as well as other groups during World War II has been either invented or exaggerated.
Iran’s hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad prompted international anger when he dismissed the systematic slaughter by the Nazis of mainland Europe’s Jews as a “myth” used to justify the creation of Israel.
Mr Mortazavi said tomorrow’s edition of the paper will invite cartoonists to enter the competition, with “private individuals” offering gold coins to the best 12 artists – the same number of cartoons that appeared in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.
Last week, the Iranian foreign ministry also invited British Prime Minister Tony Blair to Teheran to take part in a planned conference on the Holocaust, even though the idea has been branded by Mr Blair as “shocking, ridiculous, stupid”.
Mr Blair also said Mr Ahmadinejad “should come and see the evidence of the Holocaust himself in the countries of Europe”, to which Iran responded by saying it was willing to send a team of “independent investigators”.
The Danish are responsible for the cartoons, so Iran feels the need to drag Jews into this?
Then I guess it will be time to attack and burn Iranian facilities all over the world, chant “Death to Iran” and call for the destruction of Iran.
Very good point peejz. If anything, the cartoons should make fun of the Danish, not pulling anti-zionism out of their ass… again.
When I saw this last night, it solidified my thought that these demonstrations are a front for the the hatred these people hold for Jews. Note how they chose not to touch on Christianity, which would be the predominant religion of the people they say they are mad at, but instead went right to the Jews and tried to open wounds on the holacoust!
its the jews!! THE JEWS!!!!
President Ahmadinejad is priceless. I wonder if Jay Leno and David Letterman contributed to his campaign.
Maybe somebody ought to enter a few cartoons of Hiroshima or Nagasaki after those cities “Met Jesus”.
LOL, this was the funniest thing in the news for some time, just goes to show how dingbat religious extremists are. I heard one report of Iranians standing outside the Danish embassy shouting death to Americans…. As soon as one of you finds the bright spark that prints the cartoon on a t shirt, let me know, I want one. here we are trying to bomb them, subvert them, reform them, sanction them, and all we had to do is print a cartoon….. thats it, Eureka, the next UN ultimatum to Iran should read, stop your nuclear proliferation or we will sponsor a traveling exhibition of the art of Danish cartoonists….
haha… nice Redfred.. I agree. Can’t believe these animals causing a row over a stupid freakin’ cartoon..
daft pricks.
“As soon as one of you finds the bright spark that prints the cartoon on a t shirt, let me know”
You can already get one.
or try this link
I’m waiting for the “Stop, Stop; we ran out of virgins” one.
This guy is a tool to be used and the bush boys are doing the using along with the other rats and low life democrats, open your eyes and see it for what it is.
“Danish” cartoons depicting prophet mohamed = “Iranian” cartoon contest on the final solution
Danish = Jews in general
Prophet mohamed (holy man for the muslims) = final solution (millions of Jews slaugthered)
WTF people…?! Theres no comparison between the TWO!
The Danish in my point of view are idiots for publishing the cartoon. Everyone knows the middle east overhypes everything as it is such a heated place. It is like you calling someone’s(Some Iranians) mother a whore; and the next thing you’re lying on the ground in a pool of blood. That’s just not the appropriate response.
Conclusion: most of the Iranian media (if i can call it that) can be compared to a mental patient.
For the mojority of you who are not bigotted Westerners or mujahedeens; i say dont overeact to this incident. If you select few do; we would of been in world war 3 or 4 (which way you look at the cold war) years ago.
“Peace Out”* – Nigel = i am an Asian so i’m possibly not biased, although i do live in a western country.
*JUST PLEASE DONT ANNIHILATE ME FOR A POSSIBLY SPELLING MISTAKE; AS I MIGHT OF SPELT MUJAHEEDEEN OR MUHAMED WRONG.