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Member		Statement of Iranian cartoonists on the 9th Tehran Cartoon Biennale The recent presidential election in Iran and its aftermath found huge international coverage and attention. As you may know, there was a huge and unprecedented turn-out in balloting, which was a sign of the Iranian people's will to reform the current situation of the country. But the aftermath of the election was so desperately annoying that no free soul can ever close his eyes on it. The same is true for the cartoonists. They have always accompanied people in portraying pains and in offering criticisms, in denouncing violence and in promotion of justice; and they have always called for peace. The same is true for the time being. The cartoonists feel an obligation to stand by people who have faced such unkindness. We the cartoonists have always tried to laugh people out of pain and pressure. But how can one witness killing of brothers and sisters and still remain silent? In such a situation, the 9th Tehran cartoon Biennale is on the way. Due to the post-election events, the cultural joy has totally disappeared from Iranian society. So we don not see any real interest in holding such a Biennale. In the current situation, we see our responsibility in a different perspective which does not necessarily include laughing and making laugh. Due to this fact, we the undersigned cartoonists, declare that we would not participate in this international festival. Previously, the festival has been held by cooperation and sympathy of professional Iranian cartoonists but this time, we would not cooperate or participate. 1- Arvin 2- Nahideh Asiabi 3- Mahdi Aghajani 4- Mojtaba Adibi 5- Majid Adibi 6- Ali Asadi 7- Leyla Afsari 8- Reza Amirriahi 9- Sepideh Anjomrooz 10- Roya Anooshe 11- Mehran Iranlou 12- Mohsen Izadi 13- Sadegh Bagheri 14- Hamed Bazrafkan 15- Rahim Baghal Asghari 16- Saied Behdad 17- Hamid Bahrami 18- Vajihe Pari Zangane 19- Payam Pourfallah 20- Naeem Tadayon 21- Yahya Tadayon 22- Abdolebad Taghavi 23- Mahdi Tamizi 24- Abdolhadi Sanaie 25- Saied Janghorban 26- Shahb Jafarnejad 27- Javad Jafarian 28- Mahmoud Javadi 29- Bozorgmehr Hosseinpour 30- Hadi Heidari 31- Sasan Khadem 32- Nazanin Khami 33- Mohammad Khodadadi 34- Hossein Khosrojerdi 35- Morteza Khosravi 36- Hamid Kholghi 37- Behnam Khamisi 38- Mohammad Ali Khoshkam 39- Hamideh Khiabani 40- Hesam Dadkhah 41- Rahman Dadgostar 42- Behtash Davarpanah 43- Saied Davari 44- Hamidreza Davoudi 45- Ali Derakhshi 46- Paria Dehghani 47- Khashayar Radafshar 48- Farshid Rajabali 49- Jamal Rahmati 50- Maryam Rahimi 51- Hadi Rahimi 52- Saied Razzaghi 53- Ardeshir Rostami 54- Dariush Rmezani 55- Kianoosh Ramezani 56- Shiva Zamanfar 57- Kiyarash Zandi 58- Keyvan Zargari 59- Afshin Sabouki 60- Pouya Seyedkazemi 61- Fateme Shakool 62- Hooman Shahbandi 63- Mahdi Sadeghi 64- Hamid Sadeghian 65- Hossein Safi 66- Majid Salehi 67- Mohsen Zarifian 68- Ahmad Abdollahinia 69- Ahmad Arabani 70- Mahdi Alibeigi 71- Faez Alidoosti 72- Javad Alizadeh 73- Amin Alinia 74- Nooshin Omrahi 75- Arash Farrokhi 76- Hesam Fetrati 77- Mohammad Feizabadi 78- Asad Binakhahi 79- Majid Kazemi 80- Mahdi Karimzadeh 81- Ehsan Ganji 82- Ghasem Lotfi 83- Firoozeh Mozaffari 84- Bahar Movahhed Bashiri 85- Amin Moayedi 86- Shahnaz Mohi 87- Ali Miraee 88- Ayat Naderi 89- Mahnam Najafi 90- Alireza Nosrati 91- Maryam Noormohammadzadeh 92- Saeid Noroozi 93- Mana Neyestani 94- Vahid Nikgoo 95- Pantea Vaeznia 96- Hooman Hadizadeh 97- Ali Honarvar 98- Mohammad Sadjad Taheri 99- Mahmood Mohammad Tabrizi 100- Saeid Nemati 101- Salman Raeis Abdollahi 102- Peyman Rezaee 103- Bijan Asadipour 104- Hossein Shishegar 105- Saeid Ahrabi 106- Ali Mohammadi 107- Mohammad Tahani 108- Hamidreza Pournasiri 109- Masoud Mahini 110- Ali Tajaddod 111- Mahdi Mohammadi Roozbahani 112- Rafat Hashemi Sisakht 113- Saleh Tasbihi 114- Nima Jamali 115- Jalal Rahmati 116- Ali Jahanshahii 117- Alireza Hesami 118- Mohammah Saleh Razm Hosseini 119- Soroush Dastmalchina 120- Arezoo Aghababaeian 121- Hanif Bahari 122- Monire Kordestanchi 123- Armin Golchoobian 124- Mahnaz Yazdani 125- Mohammadreza Mobayen 126- Mahmood Salami 127- Behzad Riazi 128- Edik Boghosian 129- Maryam Farahzadi 130- Salman Taheri 131- Ghasem Elahi 132- Taravat Niki 133- Javad Karimifar 134- Syavash Zarrinabadi 135- Amir Dehghan 136- Sadegh Karaei 137- Ali Akbar Aryanfar 138- Morteza Azarkheil 139- Alireza Moghaddam far 140- Ehsan Mousavi 141- Atefe Madani 142- Mohsen Jafari 143- Farid Mortazavi 144- Fakhreddin Doostmohammad iranian cartoonist, on August 10, 2009 [report post] [quote] [reply]

Member		thank you for your support from people of my land... iranian cartoonist, on August 10, 2009 [report post] [quote] [reply]

Guest		Thanks zed from all Iranians... Alireza (114.78.217.200), on August 04, 2009 [report post] [quote] [reply]

Member		really thoughtful Zed. salnavarro, on July 01, 2009 [report post] [quote] [reply]

Member		I'm sad so much for Neda. My heart is with her and all protester. I wish they achieve their goal. Thanks dear zed, this is a so meaningful work. Well done! menekse cam, on June 28, 2009 [report post] [quote] [reply]