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    Revolutionary art: Iran murals gallery of defiance

    Associated Press – Thu, Feb 2, 2012

    TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Since Iran's Islamic Revolution 33 years ago, the walls and buildings of major cities have been an open-air gallery to vilify the state's enemies and venerate the defenders of the theocracy.

    Government-sponsored murals became a centerpiece of the Islamic establishment's image-building machine: Depicting foes such as the U.S. with images including a skeleton for the Statue of Liberty, and celebrating the battlefield dead from the 1980s war with Iraq as heroic martyrs guaranteed a place in heaven.

    The images — particularly in the capital Tehran — were a visual history of Iran's revolution well before state TV and the Internet took over as more far-reaching tools for the Islamic establishment. Some new murals are still commissioned, but it's become a fading expression of Iran's world view.

    The images, however, also show how little has changed in Iran's tense relationships with the West and its allies since the revolution overthrew the U.S.-backed shah.

    Near the entrance to a busy subway station in Tehran are the brick walls of the former U.S. Embassy — called the "den of spies" — that are covered with anti-American art. The interior walls of the compound are filled with anti-US and pro-Palestinians graffiti.

     

    7 comments

    • More Betta
      More Betta  •  Kahului, Hawaii  •  3 mths ago
      Funky lil Koranimals, living no better than sheep ,goats and pigs. Would rather house and live in close proximity to the above mentioned than to have a neighborhood full of stinky koranimals
    • deepwater
      deepwater  •  Aberdeen, United Kingdom  •  3 mths ago
      Only goat infested two bit countries run by clowns resort to state spoonsered scribbling on the walls. They paint cartoons on the wall, when they themselves are really the cartoons.
      • .
        . 3 mths ago
        but u shut your mouth English parasite
    • WildPony
      WildPony  •  San Antonio, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      Again! Someone is not getting enough fiber in their diet and they need to start going to anger management classes. Actually in San Antonio, TX (USA) we have graffiti artists too! We arrest them and have them clean it all up. Again, the government of IRAN needs to be toilet trained. America and Israel are waiting to teach them a lesson.
    • American Sheeple
      American Sheeple  •  3 mths ago
      Here we go time to make the world against Iran to support a war.
    • Vfor
      Vfor  •  3 mths ago
      "islamic republic of" is scared very much!!!
    • yahoo!
      yahoo!  •  Los Angeles, California  •  3 mths ago
      we deserve such insult.
      • Suzi
        Suzi 3 mths ago
        You are under 30 years old, aren't you?
      • U.S.A. 1st
        U.S.A. 1st 3 mths ago
        He's probably under 3 years old and an Iranian POSER. Look at him displaying an American flag and a soldier while praising Iran's insults. So FAKE. So lame.
    • U.S.A. 1st
      U.S.A. 1st  •  3 mths ago
      Iranian "defiant" artwork that they put on their OWN walls to make themselves feel brave. As if the people they're "defying" are just strolling around admiring their artwork. Boring and infantile in a uniquely Muslim way, but fairly standard fare. The usual silly bravado.
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