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Iranian Cartoonist Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for ‘Insulting’ Government
A 28-year-old Iranian cartoonist who drew members of her country’s parliament with the heads of monkeys and cows has been sentenced to 12 years and nine months in prison for “insulting members of parliament through paintings” as well as the Iranian supreme leader. Atena Farghadani, also a painter, was also accused of “gathering and colluding …