Series of photographs showing mural art during the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88), including caricatures of Saddam Hussein, Mitterand and American symbols, taken in Tehran in 1984-85.

Item

Description
Series of nineteen photographs taken by Edith Maubec in Tehran in 1985 (with two from 1984), showing mural art on the subject of the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88), including caricatures of Saddam Hussein, President Mitterand and the United States of America (symbolised by the Statue of Liberty as a skeleton and the figure of Uncle Sam), portraying Saddam Hussein as duplicitous, weak and reliant on the support of western powers.
Creator
Edith Maubec
Date
1985
Subject
Iran
Spatial Coverage
Iran
Identifier
EUL MS 483
Format
Print
Resource class
Still Image