iran Archives

Today, Iran shut down the cultural wing of the French embassy in Tehran as Iran's foreign ministry summoned the French ambassador to Iran, Nicolas Roche,  in support of the Iranian protest movement Specifically, the cartoons focused on Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson, Nasser Kanani stated that "France has no right[...]

Well, if you're an average citizen, that's not a very comforting idea." – Alex Gibney Here's the official overview of the upcoming HBO series Stuxnet, described as "a tale of hackers, spies, nuclear secrets, and how one clandestine mission opens the Pandora's Box of cyber-warfare forever — a new era of global conflict without rules." In the mid-to-late[...]

Even more disturbing is the likelihood of such weapons being manufactured and deployed by guerrilla non-state terrorists. Langewiesche also recounts the recent history of Abdul Qadeer Khan, the scientist at the forefront of nuclear development and trade in the Middle East who masterminded the theft and sale of centrifuge designs that helped to build Pakistanâ's nuclear[...]

Atena Farghadani, a female 28 year-old artist from Iranian artist and activist, has been jailed by the courts for her artwork, which portrays Iranian politicians as both monkeys and cattle. Her work which parodied the actions of government as regard to restrictions on birth control and vasectomies, saw her sentenced to twelve years and nine months[...]

To that end, allow me to very briefly share my background with you: I'm an Iranian-American writer, a lifelong fan of the medium of comics, and a big fan of the DC characters I have over 10 years of published works to my credit, from self-published stories to comics and graphic novels from Dark Horse,[...]

Comic writer/artist/messiah Mike Netzer has responded to the David Goyer story that enraged a nation in Action Comics #900 in his own special way.

Do you have your copy of Action Comics #900? Good. I get the feeling it will be disappearing from shelves pretty shortly, even at that $5.99 cover price.

Could Iran's reported hatred of Spider-Man lead to a scene such as the one above? Welcome to Lying In The Gutters for another week This Sunday I turn 38.  Egads Bleeding Cool is one of PC Mag's 50 Favourite Blogs: 2010 What a nice present. Top Twenty Most Popular Stories Of The Week 1 There was no contest[...]

Persepolis is not only a best selling graphic novel about a young woman growing up in a changing Iran, but was made into an Oscar-nominated feature film, co-directed by the author and cartoonist Marjane Satrapi. Yesterday, amidst the current chaos surrounding the Iranian election results, Satrapi stood alonside Mohsen Makhmalbaf, filmmaker and spokesman for opposition candidate[...]

A friend of mine runs the FryingPanFire blog, a news journalist reporting on stories that often get hidden in the current 24 hour news cycles. Yesterday I ran extracts from a piece on current Iranian unrest, including the work of one street cartoonist using the methods of Banksy to make political points. My friend has other examples[...]

I feel terribly smug, satirical and pompous while doing so, striking a blow against the most corrupt of politics. Meanwhile people are fleeing for their lives for doing similar in Iran. A friend of mine reports the words of one such person in Tehran Where YouTube and Facebook have suddenly been banned and online speed has dropped[...]