The Wet Gunpowder Award () is an Iranian symbolic award that according to organizers, is given to "ridiculous people whose chaffy character is evident to everyone and when this nature of theirs is accompanied with self-belief turns into an indefinite foolishness for them".
The organizers, who have close ties to Basij and Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (The award is unveiled by Basij commander Mohammad Reza Naqdi), claim award winner is "someone who is against the Islamic Revolution" and who “against their own wishes, performs a service to the revolution.”
The statue of the award is that of brain with dark glasses and hearing aids with a plaque of the Quranic verse: "Unwilling to hear, unwilling to speak, unwilling to see, then, they will not return to the way."
In 2015, they awarded a parody of Golden Bear.
Recipients
Year Name Nat Org Office holding Rationale2013Michelle ObamaFirst Lady of the United StatesFor "showing the truth about the Oscar awards to the world."2014Catherine AshtonHigh Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security PolicyFor meeting Sattar Beheshti's mother and handing Sakharov Prize to Nasrin Sotoudeh and Jafar PanahiTarja CronbergMember of the European ParliamentBenjamin NetanyahuPrime Minister of IsraelShimon PeresPresident of IsraelBan Ki-moonSecretary-General of the United NationsJohn KerryUnited States Secretary of StateBarack ObamaUnited States President2015Manuel VallsPrime Minister of France"For disrespecting religious beliefs despite claiming for Free thought in France"David CameronPrime Minister of the United Kingdom"For disrespecting Iranian President Hassan Rouhani"Benjamin NetanyahuPrime Minister of Israel"For killing 578 children in 51 days despite maintaining peaceful face publicly"Claudia RothVice-President of the Bundestag"For publicly showing her ties to Fitna (2009 presidential election protests)"John McCainUnited States Senator"For above board support of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant and opposition to terrorism at the same time"2016 Cheryl Boone IsaacsPresident of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences"For deliberately removing Muhammad: The Messenger of God from Foreign Language Film nominates in 88th Academy Awards and showing the anti-Islamic nature of Academy Awards" Juergen BoosDirector of the Frankfurt Book Fair"For inviting Salman Rushdie and demonstrating the Zionist and anti-Islamic nature of this festival"François HollandePresident of France"For awarding Legion of Honour to Derayeh Derakhshesh, cultural opposition of Iran" Piers HandlingDirector of the Toronto International Film Festival"For screening Septembers of Shiraz and demonstrating the anti-Iranian nature of this festival"2017https://www.mehrnews.com/news/3931822/%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%BE-%D8%AC%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B2%D9%87-%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA-%D8%AE%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AA-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF Donald TrumpPresident of the United States"For making America's numerous economic and political crises public, announcing a complaint against the Barack Obama administration for wiretapping conversations and scandals about the poverty and problems of the American people, and also showing the true face of global arrogance." Adel al-JubeirMinistry of Foreign Affairs (Saudi Arabia)"In a statement, he called Iran the biggest sponsor of terrorism, while Saudi Arabia is considered the biggest sponsor of Takfiri and terrorist groups in the world, and they have caused insecurity in the region and the world."Hillary Clinton2016 United States presidential election candidate"For Making public the US policy of creating and supporting terrorist and Takfiri groups such as ISIS"2018https://www.javanonline.ir/fa/news/917535/%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%BE-%D8%B4%D8%B4%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%AC%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B2%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA-%D8%AE%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF Donald TrumpPresident of the United States"For recognizing Quds (Jerusalem) as the capital of Israel and continuing to support Zionist crimes, constantly threatening independent countries and trying to create war and chaos in every corner of the world, supporting the crimes of the Saudis in Yemen and participating in the killing of innocent Yemeni people."Benjamin NetanyahuPrime Minister of Israel"For constant military threats against Islamic countries, reaching a record of killing 578 children in 51 days, continuing occupation of the Palestinian state, and daily oppression against Muslims and Christians."Nikki HaleyUnited States Ambassador to the United Nations"For supporting the killing of the oppressed people of Yemen by the Saudis and stubbornly supporting Israel's crimes"
Special awards Year Name Nat Office holding Award Rationale2015Dieter KosslickDirector of the Berlin International Film Festival"Goldean Bear"For "devaluation of Arts" with awarding an "anti-Iranian movie" [Taxi by Jafar Panahi]
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