Am I the world's 9th richest Zionist?

A friend brought to my attention a bizarre campaign against me in a number of Iranian news agencies and media outlets. I am totally perplexed by this campaign, as I do not understand who are these people, and why they are spreading these lies about me.

According, to these news, the The Jerusalem Post has introduced me as the 9th richest  Zionist. The article is entitled "Introducing the World's Richest Zionists". The introduction to these articles reads:

Hamrahan News: According to the Zionist newspaper The Jerusalem Post; Forbes Israel has introduced Larry Ellison one of the founders and the CEO of Oracle as the richest Zionist in the world

The articles then list the other names, but surprise, surprise the ninth person in the list is a certain Guity Novin (Navran) who is originally from Iran and was born in Kermanshah and now resides in Canada. That's me!

However, according to articles, apparently, her real name is Carl Icahn. Here is the news that is repeated in many Iranian sites in Persian.

The ninth richest Zionist is Carl Ichan, of Iranian origin, whose Persian name is Guity Novin (Navran), who was born in Kermanshah, and now resides in Canada with a worth that is announced at more than $14 bn. 

As you can imagine; I  was absolutely flabbergasted, that a namesake of mine, also born in Kermanshah, now lives like me in Canada. So I Googled for more information and I found the article in the Jerusalem Post and found the article entitled The world's 50 Richest Jews: 1-10 By JERUSALEM POST STAFF 09/07/2010 10:1 

But to my dismay the number ninth in the list was not Carl Icahn (a.k.a Guity Novin (Navran) according to the Persian media) but  a certain New York-based John Paulson who graduated first in his class at New York University’s College of Business and Public Administration, and in the top 5 percent of his MBA class at Harvard. He worked on Wall Street, including at Bear Stearns, before founding his own hedge fund.

So I wondered who was Mr Carl Icahn, whose wealth according to the source  articles in Persian media is estimated at $14 bn. I found his biography. But unfortunately he was born in Queens New York! Nevertheless, at least the articles have got  his estimated wealth right that according to Wikipedia is $14bn.

"The Holy Roman Empire," quipped Voltaire, was "neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire". Similarly Carl Ichan is neither Iranian, nor Kermanshah born, nor residing in Canada.


Here is what the articles say  in Persian, I just copied and paste:

نهمین ثروتمند صهیونیست کارل ایکان ایرانی الاصل می باشد که نام فارسی وی گیتی نوین (ناوران) می باشد.

وی که متولد کرمانشاه است و در حال حاضر ساکن کانادا می باشد ثروت وی بیش از 14 میلیارد دلار اعلام شده است

It translates

The ninth richest Zionist is Carl Ichan, of Iranian origin, whose Persian name is Guity Novin (Navran).  He was born in Kermanshah, and now resides in Canada. His worth is announced at more than $14 bn.

Here are the results of my  Google search to see how many media reports are there:
 I have stopped after 8 pages of Google.

  Here is one of the live links:

آشنایی با ثروتمندترین صهیونیستهای جهان shafaf.ir/.../آشنایی-با-ثروتمندترین-صهیونیسته... - Translate this page نهمین ثروتمند صهیونیست کارل ایکان ایرانی الاصل می باشد که نام فارسی وی گیتی نوین (ناوران) می باشد. وی که متولد کرمانشاه است و در حال حاضر ساکن کانادا می ...

 Now can somebody please let me know why am I subjected to these kinds of misinformation? A few years ago, in the French eBay there was some impostor selling paintings under my name. It took me several weeks to prove that he was not me. Some have used my name to annoy other people in various blogs or web sites. I admit that I have many Jewish friends who do like my works, but the last time I checked this was not illegal. I admit that I am a woman painter. I admit that I am among the first graphic designers in Iran, I was one of the first instructors of graphic design who trained many students. I was the graphic designer of the first Tehran International Film Festival -- that's before the late Morteza Momaiez, the father of graphic design in Iran. These roles, my works, my achievements, all take a life-cycle that doesn't reoccur as fast as the daily news-cycle, so the media opts for unchecked misinformation that can be fabricated quick enough for print.