Iranian Street Art Finds Its Way To L.A.

NPR

by Heather Murphy and Shereen Meraji

Iranian customs agents are extremely controlling when it comes to imagery. It was therefore surprising to curator Shervin Shahbazi, that they let the depiction of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's biggest rival, Mir-Hossein Mousavi (below), slip through without a hitch. Some less overtly political images were not as successful in their journey to the U.S.

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