Reaction to Zahra's Paradise

For homework we read a comic strip named Zahra's Paradise. The strip was a political cartoon drawn by a two semi anonymous authors named Amir who is an Iranian-American activist and Khalil who is an Arab artist from northern Africa. The cartoon is mostly about the harsh reaction of the Iranian government towards Iranian citizens who protested the results of the last election (it is widely believed that the election was rigged and that the election was a fraud). My first reaction to the cartoon was that it was very dark. The thought of injured citizens being dragged out of hospitals to be beaten by government paid guards is very scary. Also, I sympathized with the protesters being dragged out of the hospital more than with the mother looking for her lost son. Overall, the cartoon was very telling about the Iranian government and has given me a bias against Amadinejad despite not knowing much about him. I was also able to make several connections to other history after reading the cartoon. I connected Freedom square and Tienanmen Square because they both were (coincidentally?) squares, as well as spots for political protest that resulted in bloodshed and government backlash. I connected the retaliation of the revolutionary guards to the retaliation of the Soviets against the Hungarians in the Hungarian revolution because both were swift and excessive.

After reading the cartoon I wondered:

.What was so bad about the policies of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?

.Was there a retaliation by the protesters against the revolutionary guards?How Long did the violence last?

.Where did they take the injured protesters?