Reports Still Unclear: Could Mana Neyestani Currently Be On Trial?

The amount of confusion concerning the fate of Iranian cartoonist Mana Neyestani and his editor Mehrdad Qasemfar ratcheted up another couple of levels as the latest reports indicate a trial might currently be underway. This follows recent reports that the cartoonist and the editor, jailed since May for publication of a cartoon in the paper Iran that apparently led to riots and unrest among Iran's Azeri minority, were fined and released.

In other Iranian cartoonist news on what one images is a topic with greater potential for governmental support, Ali Derakhshi's newest exhibit opens in Tehran.
 
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