{"id":71910,"date":"2020-10-17T16:52:25","date_gmt":"2020-10-17T16:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.140.144.153\/2020\/10\/17\/drawing-criticism-the-iranian-cartoonist-whose-work-landed-him-in-jail\/"},"modified":"2020-10-17T16:52:25","modified_gmt":"2020-10-17T16:52:25","slug":"drawing-criticism-the-iranian-cartoonist-whose-work-landed-him-in-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/drawing-criticism-the-iranian-cartoonist-whose-work-landed-him-in-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"Drawing criticism: The Iranian cartoonist whose work landed him in jail"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dailymotion-responsive-container\" style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;\"><div class=\"dailymotion-player\"><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/x1ee8e.js\" data-video=\"k1NmQ0F8Hwy0a1wn1fy\"><\/script><\/div><br><br><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I try to take my pains and turn them into art. 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