“The billboard was installed in Shiraz showing three male soldiers standing on a rocky outcrop” next to a quote from an epic Persian poem, Tasnim wrote. The banner was pulled down from the southwestern city on Wednesday night and the mayor issued an apology the next day. Iran commonly refers to the brutal eight-year war with Iraq as “the sacred defence”. The best I can say is that you did something idiotic,” wrote a Twitter user identified as @mhrezaa. Another Iranian user @masoudasadi67 also called for the swift punishment of “those who committed such a heinous act.”Read full story

Source: The Express Tribune September 28, 2018 15:56 UTC