Photos: Murals around the world
Mideast Iran Murals
Credit: AP
In this Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 photo, a head-to-toe veiled Iranian woman walks past a mural depicting members of Basij paramilitary force, portraying Iranians' solidarity against their enemies, painted on the wall of a government building at the Felestin (Palestine) Sq. in Tehran, Iran. Since the Islamic Revolution 33 years ago, the walls and buildings of major cities have been an open air gallery to vilify the state's enemies and venerate the defenders of the theocracy. Government-sponsored murals became a centerpiece of the Islamic establishment's image-building machine: Depicting foes such as the U.S. with images including a skeleton for the Statue of Liberty, and celebrating the battle field dead from the 1980s war with Iraq as heroic martyrs guaranteed a place in heaven. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
