On January 4, the French Ambassador to Iran was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the publication in Charlie Hebdo of a provocative caricature of the religious authorities of the Islamic Republic. Agency reports my classification.
The diplomat described the magazine’s actions as humiliating and insulted “Iran’s authority, shrines, religious and national values”.
Former Iranian Foreign Minister Hussein Amir Abdullahiyan declarationCharlie Hebdo’s “derogatory and obscene act” will not go unpunished.
Charlie Hebdo is known for its controversial cartoons. Thus, in October 2020 the magazine published On the cover is a caricature of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan amid tensions between Paris and Ankara. In the future, the Turkish Ankara prosecutor’s office spoke provided that the broadcasters are sentenced to imprisonment.