Dozens of Iranians protested this Sunday in front of the embassy France in Tehran To show that he did not participate in the cartoon contest launched by the French satirical magazine charlie hebdo About the Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei.
“France Shame” and “Bad, Charlie Hebdo”, the protesters also burned French flags.
The demonstrators, carrying Iranian flags, chanted pro-Khamenei slogans such as “I will sacrifice my life for the leader”, which was a common cry in the demonstrations in favor of the Iranian theocratic regime.
Protests against France were repeated in other Iranian cities such as Qom, the country’s main religious centre.
Charlie Hebdo has called for a Khamenei cartoon contest on December 8 to “support” Khamenei’s “Iranians fighting for their freedom”, citing the protests that have shaken the country since September. young Mahsa Amini for wearing the wrong hijab.
More than 500 people died in the protests and four were executed for their part in a revolt that ended the Islamic Republic and called for more freedom.
Tehran denounced the contest, saying it “does not accept insults against its Islamic, religious and national values”.
Iran closed the French Research Institute in Iran on the 5th as a first response to the contest. Reaction to the “silence” of Paris About the cartoon contest
The French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Catherine Colonna, defended the freedom of the press in France on the same day.
“Unlike Iran, there is freedom of the press in France”Colonna said.
Just today, Nasser Kananí, spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated that Paris must abide by “the basic principles of international relations, namely, mutual respect for non-interference in the internal affairs of others.”