Mana Neyestani

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Mana Neyestani is an Iranian cartoonist of Azeri origin.[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 parents are from Persian city of Kerman. His father Manouchehr was a Persian poet from Kerman [6] [7] [8] [9]

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  1. ^ "Cockroach Cartoonist Jailed In Iran", The Comics Reporter, 2006-05-24. 
  2. ^ "Iranian paper banned over cartoon", BBC News, 2006-05-23. 
  3. ^ "IFJ Criticises “Political Interference” as Cartoons Rows Put Journalists in Jail in Iran and Jordan", International Federation of Journalists, June 3, 2006. 
  4. ^ "IRAN: Azeris unhappy at being butt of national jokes", IRIN, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), 2006-05-25. 
  5. ^ Biography of Mana Neyestani. International Cartoon Center or IRANCARTOON International Features. Archived from the original on 2005-10-16. Retrieved on 2007-02-08.
  6. ^ About Mana's Father
  7. ^ (Persian) http://www.iran-newspaper.com/1381/810824/html/carica.htm
  8. ^ (Persian) http://peiknet.com/1385/hafteh/09tir/72/page/nyestani.htm
  9. ^ (Persian) http://old.tebyan.net/Adabi-Honari/82/05/Html/ad-820505-bio-neisani.htm

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