A total of 67 artists from across Iran participated in the festival with 135 caricatures. The jury named Ehsan Ganji’s work as the top winner, while Taravat Nikbin and Ali Paknezhad secured second and third place, respectively. Honorable mentions were also awarded to Mehdi Sadeghi, Laleh Ziaei, and Salar Eshratkhah.
At the conclusion of the event, the festival book “News Extortion” was unveiled, compiling all 135 works submitted to the festival’s secretariat.
An exhibition of these caricatures is now open at the Master Mirmozaffar Hall of the Iranian Artists Forum. The exhibition will run until September 25 and is open daily, except Saturdays, from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m.