Iran’s Reformist papers accused of lackluster Gaza coverage
Conservative media outlets in Iran have attacked Reformist news organizations for failing to report on the conflict in Gaza, prompting the editors to defend their coverage.
Iranian TV and a number of conservative websites have accused Reformist newspapers of not sufficiently covering the current war in Gaza. The accusations, which reflected the political divide in Iran, became so intense that a number of Reformists papers and editors felt compelled to respond.
Since the war began July 8, Shargh, one of the best known Reformist papers in Iran, has chosen Gaza as their top story twice. Inside their July 22 edition, their cartoonist Arvin depicted Israeli bombs falling on a crib, expressing the paper's concern for the disproportionate number of Palestinian children to be killed:
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Most conservative media outlets, even in their cartoons, have been more explicit in their condemnation of Israeli's military incursion into Gaza. Tasnim News Agency’s cartoon, for example, depicted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu putting a hospital through a meat grinder as UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon, with his eyes closed, plays the accordion:
