Iranian caricatures on Operation Al-Aqsa Storm on view in Basra
A group exhibition of Iranian caricatures centered around Operation Al-Aqsa Storm opened at the College of Fine Art, University of Basra in Iraq on January 4.
The festival opened in close collaboration with Khuzestan’s Art Bureau and the College of Fine Arts, University of Basrah, IRNA wrote.
Among the prominent figures present at the opening ceremony were Mohammad Shahbazi, the head of Khuzestan’s Art Bureau, Reza Maleki, the cultural attaché of Iran in Basra, and Seyyed Amirnasr Javid, the deputy head of the Art Bureau for international affairs.
The works on display are created by artists such as Seyyed Massoud Shojai Tabatabai, Mohammad-Hossein Nirumand, and Maziar Bijani.
The event, which aims to strengthen artistic ties between artists from Khuzestan and Basra, the second-largest province in Iraq, also includes several workshops and sessions to improve communications and collaboration between artists from both countries.
The caricature exhibition, themed “Operation Al-Aqsa Storm,” showcases works related to Palestinians.
It serves as an expression of solidarity from Iranian artists with the oppressed people of Palestine, aiming to preserve and disseminate valuable works in the field of
resistance.