Iran warned Paris this Wednesday, January 4 that it would react after the publication of cartoons “insulting” of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in the French satirical magazine “Charlie Hebdo”.
Iran: freedom against the mullahs
The satirical weekly published earlier today (here or the) dozens of caricatures featuring the highest religious and political figure in the Islamic Republic.
These are the cartoons selected in a competition launched in December, as protests grew in Iran following the September 16 death in custody of Mahsa Amini, an Iranian Kurd arrested for allegedly breaking the strict dress code. of the country for women.
“The insulting and indecent act of a French publication by publishing cartoons against religious and political authority will not go without an effective and firm response”Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Twitter.
“We will not allow the French government to overstep the mark. He definitely went the wrong way.”he added.
“Charlie Hebdo” announced in December that this “international competition to produce caricatures” of Khamenei aimed to support the “Iranians who are fighting for their freedom”.
Dozens of cartoons published
Authorities say hundreds of people, including members of the security forces, have been killed and thousands more arrested in what they generally describe as “riots”. They accuse foreign powers and opposition groups of stirring up trouble.
“Charlie Hebdo” published the cartoons in a special edition for the anniversary of the deadly attack against its Paris office on January 7, 2015. The latter was perpetrated by attackers claiming to act on behalf of Al-Qaeda to avenge the newspaper’s decision to publish caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.
The publication of these cartoons caused a lot of anger in Muslim countries, and the 2015 attacks brought a wave of support to the magazine around the world.
