Commentary from Nik:

"The crocodile's name is Professor Crocodile (Ostad Temsah) which rhymes with the name of a powerful Iranian cleric (Ayatollah Mesbah). Mesbah is Ahmadinejad's guru, and is trying to become the Supreme Leader."

Read more on this case from

• the BBC,
• Reporters Sans Frontières,
• International Freedom of Expression eXchange,
• and a subsequent report also from IFEX.