Steve Jobs Remembered In Iran

People from all over the world, including Iran, are mourning the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

Many Iranians have expressed sadness over Jobs’ death on social-media sites by reposting a video with Persian subtitles of a famous speech given in 2005 at Stanford University, and sharing news stories and pictures of the Apple innovator.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/4hIInsiQMhoIranians are fond of Apple products, which reach them despite the sanctions the Islamic Republic is facing over its sensitive nuclear work.

Well-known blogger Alireza Shirazi posted a black-and-white picture of Jobs on his blog and praised him as a creative human being.

The above cartoon is by exiled Iranian cartoonist Kianoush Ramezani who fled Iran following the 2009 postelection crackdown.