Is Photoshop Iran's new weapon in fight against protestors?

by Daniel Long on Jun 18, 2009

Crowd photos appearing in an offical Iranian newspaper appear to show uncanny signs of photoshopping

We're not sure, but is this image photoshopped? Doing the rounds online, the pic is leading some sites to wonder if Iran's new weapon in the fight against peaceful protests is not police body armour suits, motorbike riot militias or even DOS attacks on the telecommunication infrastructure. Perhaps it is it much worse that all that. Could it be Photoshop?


Sections of the crowd appear to be copied in the top area of the photo.

The picture appeared in an official state run Iranian newspaper, Keyhannews. The edited version from the Kheirkhah site above, shows a crowd attending a Pro- Ahmadinejad rally, and appears to show what looks like elements of the crowd copied over several times.

If this image is manipulated, it would seem to be an attempt to bolster support for the ailing President, in the wake of a fiercely disputed election.

This also comes at a time when hundreds of thousands of pro-Mousavi supporters have taken to the streets, marching for change.

While we're not expecting Photoshop lessons to be handed out to foreign governments, we do wish they'd learn from their past mistakes. This isn't the first time the old Photoshop trick has made headlines. And like the last time, the world is onto the trick.

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Which sites has this been posted on?

I'm not saying that it isn't, but there's not a lot to go with, regarding it being used for propaganda purposes.

as an image used in I/P.

I looked at it in my graphics program and the gun is clearly photoshopped in. There are other fuzzy problems, too, if you look closely. The easiest thing I can show you is the triangle between the bottom of the barrel, the hand and the soldier's body. It's the wrong color, i.e., not the background that should be there.

but by the same token I'm equally sure that the pic in EFerrari's reply #1 is a complete get up.

Live tv coverage conveyed crowds that sort of size anyway so I'm not sure why they would've bothered to photoshop the pic.

in managing the message. lol :)

that maybe I shouldn't use colloquial english. Get up = fabrication.......lol.

:hi:

BTW - light years ahead ? Maybe but some that twittter etc should really get a life.

lol

The twitter thing -- we'll be sorting that out for a long time. We already know the State Department has been actively working it into their "diplomatic goals".

... and the first to post this: