Holocaust cartoon fair opens in Iran
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Source: Agence France-Presse
"Though we do not deny that fact that Jews were killed in the (second world) war, why should the Palestinians pay for it?" ~Masoud Shojai, head of Iran's "Iran Cartoon" Association and fair organizer
He added that around 1,100 cartoons were submitted by participants from more than 60 countries and that more than 200 are on show.
Shojai did not elaborate on the source of the prize money, but emphasized that it did not come from any governmental body.
The fair is being staged by Iran Cartoon and the country's largest selling newspaper Hamshahri newspaper, which is published by Tehran's conservative municipality.
The contest was announced in February in a tit-for-tat move after caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed were first printed in Denmark and then picked up and published worldwide, enraging Muslims.
