In spring of 2006 the government newspaper «The Iran Daily» published a cartoon that depicted Azerbaijanis as cockroaches. Not only was the comparison insulting, but it also implied the need for mass extermination of an entire minority group. Dozens were killed and scores were arrested after Azerbaijanis took to the streets to protest the cartoon. Although the crackdown was brutal, much like the recent measures against the Iranian election protests, it received little attention from the international community.
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