Cartoon from Ahanger, a hardliner publication. The United States is depicted startling Iran in the game of diplomatic chess by moving Ibrahim Yazdi, then-Minister of Foreign Affairs for Iran. The Iranian “liberals” (or what would today be labeled "reformers") are seen as mere pieces - literally 'pawns' - controlled by the West.What is notable is not the caricature itself - for the charge it makes is but a staple of the Ahmadinejad coup government - but rather, the date of its publication:
May 8, 1979.
(h/t Tehran Bureau).
