TEHRAN – Iranian artists Mehdi Azizi and Saeid Noruzi has won top prizes in different categories of the 27th Olense Kartoenale Cartoon Contest, which was held in the Belgium municipality of Olen in November.

Azizi won first prize in the adult section while Noruzi won first prize in the youth category.

In the adult section, Stefaan Provijn from Belgium received the second prize, and Makhmudjon Eshonkulov from Uzbekistan and Izabela Kowalska Wieczorek from Poland won the third and forth prizes.

The second prize in the youth category went to Zahra Moqaddam from Iran, and Imke Ergo from Belgium and Ren Bing Hao from China was presented with the third and forth prizes in this section.

Over 300 competitors from 54 different countries vied for awards at the event that was held with the theme of “Energy, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”. Winners were announced on November 13.

Photo: A poster for the 27th Olense Kartoenale Cartoon Contest

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