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poor woman prob lost that hand.

on March 16, 2010 at 9:34 AM

No kidding. No one should ever be allowed to speak again about that "weaker sex" nonesense.

Loveschild on March 16, 2010 at 9:41 AM

Oh come on, you'd think the art critic would know a Photoshop when she saw one.

The CHZA on March 16, 2010 at 9:41 AM

Fake

Mason on March 16, 2010 at 9:42 AM

"Lost that hand?" Hell, she's lucky if she still has a head.

Fifty-Two-Eighty on March 16, 2010 at 9:43 AM

While almost assuredly fake, it still makes me happy.

Tracy on March 16, 2010 at 9:44 AM

Here's the scoop on the original image and how it was altered:

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2009/07…

on March 16, 2010 at 9:47 AM

I am woman, hear me roar
In numbers too big to ignore
And I know too much to go back an' pretend
'cause I've heard it all before
And I've been down there on the floor
No one's ever gonna keep me down again~Helen Reddy

onthequest4peace on March 16, 2010 at 9:50 AM

@3 She didn't say it wasn't fake. She said it was going to travel round the world 10,000 times.

I'm 85 Years Old on March 16, 2010 at 9:54 AM

or 10,000,000... Whateva

I'm 85 Years Old on March 16, 2010 at 9:54 AM

Photoshopped. Badly.

Look at the lighter, pixelated halo around the hand and the fact that there's a small dent in the headrest where the halo paints over it.

Still, it's pretty funny.

bearseatbeats on March 16, 2010 at 9:56 AM

This serves as a reminder why the West should not be afraid of radical Islam, or whatever term you want to use for it.
No culture or society can truly succeed if they enslave half of their population.
America has been successful because we allow all citizens to contribute & prosper. (At least, on paper we do) Our level of success is often closely tied to the level of freedom enjoyed by fellow citizens.

Sir Vic on March 16, 2010 at 10:11 AM

I wonder if Iranians even consider giving the finger to be an obscene gesture?

Urgutha Forka on March 16, 2010 at 10:20 AM

She has an extra joint on her thumb!

The Amazing Jim on March 16, 2010 at 10:40 AM

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jezbian on March 16, 2010 at 10:58 AM

Odd how this incriminating halo doesn't affect the rearview mirror on the other side of the finger.

High JPEG compression is not the same as shopping.

K on March 16, 2010 at 11:12 AM

http://twitpic.com/8bxsv

Cook on March 16, 2010 at 11:57 AM

This makes Tiananmen Square tank guy look like a total pansy.

Mahtli69 on March 16, 2010 at 12:04 PM

If the Iranians overthrow their Islamic masters it would be a finger in the eye of those who think Islam should rule the world. Now, if only we had the courage to jail the pope.

on March 16, 2010 at 12:06 PM

Jen,
Awesome photo whether fabricated or not. Maybe it could be Photoshopped having her throwing a shoe at Ahmadinejad?

lark on March 16, 2010 at 1:28 PM

Woman of the decade.

on March 16, 2010 at 1:48 PM

And the angle of her hand! Try it, that's a fierce middle finger.

on March 16, 2010 at 1:49 PM

nevermind

on March 16, 2010 at 1:52 PM

i dont think its photoshop-ed - the reflective car hood and the bumper - both have pretty convincing reflections. as for her hand - @The Amazing Jim - its the thumb on top her index finger which makes it look like a extra joint - jpeg compression!

on March 17, 2010 at 10:38 AM

How do you know its a woman? Could be a skinny boy.

Luke Floorwalker on March 17, 2010 at 6:15 PM

I applaud the woman's bravery, but if the photo's not faked, I shudder to think what the Iranian thugs did to her afterward. If she still lives, she probably doesn't want to be alive. I've heard plenty of torture and rape horror stories in Iranian prisons.

on March 17, 2010 at 8:47 PM

ha, ha, is it only a joke?

on March 17, 2010 at 11:35 PM

Guys, I'm sorry but that photo is a fake. It's just a photomanipulation. A bad one.. If jou look closely at the car's bumper, there's no reflection of the woman.
You can also notice the cutout around the woman (there's a faint line of white pixels around her body). And more, lighting of woman and car is completely different.

Sadly it's a bad work of Photoshp.. Raoul Pop, I'm sorry but it's a fake.

on March 18, 2010 at 3:24 AM

If this photo is faked...and the woman in it (whom I'm sure the Iranian gov't knows the identity of just because she stood in front of the vehicle) didn't do this...and the picture travels the world 10,000,000 times and embarrasses the Iranian gov't...who do you think they are going to take it out on? The clever little photoshopper? No. The innocent woman? Yes.

Nice.

on March 18, 2010 at 6:15 AM

This isn't real!! Even if it is, it's great to leave people free on their opinions...Iranian president is a great man Kicking asses of American bastards! Fu*k you all USAns!!!

By the way I am Asian but not Iranian!

rahulraj29 on March 19, 2010 at 8:21 AM

I knew it was fake because Iranians don't use middle finger to flip someone off!
I don't know why...but we use thumb for that purpose =)

on March 20, 2010 at 10:59 PM

BRAVO!!!

Gleuza Salomon on March 21, 2010 at 10:01 AM

Is this possibly a fake?

http://nicedeb.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/…

SmithMichael3 on March 22, 2010 at 12:52 PM

just stop being stupid. the middle finger is used with a depreciative meaning in Europe and almost every ex-colonies of European countries - that does include America but does NOT include Iran. In fact, in Asia only some countries, like Japan, India and Macau (now belonging to China), were European colonies (Japan was British, Macau and India were Portuguese). Furthermore, this gesture is used in the Middle East in the same way we use index finger to point things. the photo is fake, coming from an original photo in which the lady has the hand with a gesture asking the Iranian president his blessing.

Unfortunately to the world but fortunately to the lady, this is no more than a joke.
(also, if this was true, media would have explored this much more.)

luisnunobarbosa on March 23, 2010 at 10:11 AM

Actually it is not common in England where a V sign would be more prevalent and the single finger considered an american insult not British or Colonial

shrekito on March 24, 2010 at 8:09 AM

Actually, it is not common in England where a V sign would be more prevalent (from the days when Archers used to flip the V to the french who used to cutoff the bow fingers of archers they caught) and the single finger only imported more recently from American pop culture. So whilst recognised as an insult it is not not British or Colonial. In other countries there are various other hand/arm gestures that mean similar things.

shrekito on March 24, 2010 at 8:17 AM

You go, sister. I hope she doesn't "disappear".

on March 24, 2010 at 9:03 AM

If it isn't photoshopped... Definitely she did not get jailed for expressing herself, unlike the journalist who shoe gated Bush and got arrested and tortured. So much for Western Freedom of speech!

on March 31, 2010 at 10:03 AM

It is Photoshopped.

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2009/07…

on April 6, 2010 at 2:33 PM

looks photoshopped to me.. unless she has an articulation in the middle of her forearm.... look carefully... her forearm goes in a direction and just where her sleeve ends, it goes up in another direction... her forearm is also much longer than it normally should...

on April 11, 2010 at 4:49 PM

it s a the changed picture by photo-shop soft ware . she is a protest against iranian dictator ahmadinejad not a weaker! she had a pen in her hand but one changed her photo. be carefully

azadeh on April 17, 2010 at 12:42 AM

I don't know about the use of the finger as an insult in Iran, but there IS a reflection of her on both the bumper and the vehicle hood. But I do see that her arm changes direction at the end of the sleeve. .....It's quite an image though.

marcia1723 on April 19, 2010 at 5:45 PM

So much courage. It is funny and gives such a political sign to the world.

Printerinkt on May 2, 2010 at 3:59 AM

How I would so love this to be real! It's a very good photoshop job though!

agriya web developer on July 23, 2010 at 5:24 AM

awesome picture, great photoshop work done, amazing..

Gants Webdeveloper on January 17, 2011 at 1:10 AM

@agriya web developer, @Gants webdevloper, The image is not photoshoped. Because you can see the reflection of the women's hand in that vehicle's Bumper.

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aster on February 16, 2011 at 2:13 AM

It doesn't matter that whether this is fake or not but the thing Matters is that we should not Consider that women is weak..
hats off to this Girl...

Ishita on February 24, 2011 at 9:47 PM

Woman of the year and also powerful woman of world. Nothing is impossible in love and ware. I feel this is true after see this image. Where is photographer? :)

eSparkInfo on May 2, 2011 at 6:11 AM

Its not bravery i believe .!
She do have right to say and criticize the decisions of this person but this thing is absurd as he is president of a country. get higher on google

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