First cartoon of Iranian leader in 25 years

An Iranian newspaper has published a caricature of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hitting a punching bag with a nuclear emblem on it, marking the first time the country’s leader has been drawn in a cartoon in more than 25 years.

The cartoon, published yesterday on the last page of the reformist Etemad Melli newspaper, shows the hardline president surrounded by poultry, wearing boxing gloves and punching a bag with a nuclear energy emblem on it.