TEHRAN -- An exhibition displaying an international collection of cartoons condemning the Quran burning in the U.S. opened at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on Monday.

Iran’s Cartoon House has organized the exhibition with the help of the Rudaki Foundation.
The exhibit has been categorized in the two sections of “Devil against Holy Books” and “Devil against Human Nature”.
A number of caricatures of Terry Jones, the American pastor who had planned to set fire to the Quran on the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the United States, have also been showcased on the sidelines.
Over 340 artists from around the world submitted more than 1800 works, 100 of which have been put on display at the exhibit.
A large number of the works have been received from artists living in non-Muslim countries, Masud Shojaei said during the opening ceremony of the show.
“The human nature of people who are able to think condemns this inappropriate behavior. Thus, artists from non-Muslim countries such as Brazil, Argentina and several other countries have also sent their works to this exhibit,” he added.
A total of 403 works by the artists has also been put on display online on Iran’s Cartoon House website.
The works in each section will be weighed by an international jury and the winners will be announced during the closing ceremony of the show on May 9.
Photo: A caricature of Terry Jones, the American pastor who had planned to set fire to the Quran during the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the United States, is on show at an exhibition displaying cartoons against Quran burning in the U.S. at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on April 25, 2011.