Skip to main content
Outdated Browser

For the best experience using our website, we recommend upgrading your browser to a newer version or switching to a supported browser.

More Information

Contributor

Mana Neyestani

L Iran Mana Neyestani
Television image of Neyestani during an interview with VOA Persian, 2010.
Contributor

Mana Neyestani

Iranian cartoonist Mana Neyestani was born in Tehran. For several years, he worked for the government magazine Iran.

His use of an Azeri word for “cockroach” in a children’s cartoon published in May 2006 triggered riots among the Azeri minority, already persecuted by the Iranian government. The newspaper closed and Neyestani spent months in prison....

Upon his release he emigrated to Malaysia and now lives in Paris. He received the Courage in Editorial Cartooning Prize from the Cartoonists Rights Network International in 2010.
 

Read More

Articles by Mana Neyestani

Learn
December 2011 Fantastic Iranian Metamorphosis Mana Neyestani Feature
LearnMultimedia