France: "Charlie Hebdo" devotes a special issue to the mullahs' regime in Iran
Charlie Hebdo is publishing a special issue this Wednesday, January 4, caricaturing the mullahs' regime in Iran and supporting the revolt of Iranian men and women.
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It was January 7, 2015, almost eight years ago: the deadly attack on
Charlie Hebdo
.
Eight years later, the satirical weekly has lost none of its bite.
Charlie Hebdo
is publishing a special issue this Wednesday, January 4, caricaturing the mullahs' regime in Iran and supporting the revolt of Iranian men and women.
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A month ago,
Charlie Hebdo
launched an international cartoon competition entitled "
Free the mullahs
" with the instruction to produce the funniest and most wicked caricature of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, described as the religious leader of another age to be returned to the dustbin of history.
Three hundred drawings arrived from all over the world, thirty-five were selected to illustrate this special issue dedicated to the protest movement in Iran, which has killed more than 500 people in 4 months.
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Riss' editorial |
"The #MullahsGetOut contest was a way of remembering that the reasons Charlie's cartoonists and editors were murdered eight years ago unfortunately still apply."
https://t.co/FlZu792BQz
— Charlie Hebdo (@Charlie_Hebdo_) January 4, 2023
“Mullahs, go back where you came from”
In his editorial, Riss, the director of the publication, erects satirical cartoons as the supreme guide to freedom.
“
The reasons why
the editors and cartoonists
of
Charlie Hebdo were assassinated
eight years ago in Paris are still relevant,
” he specifies.
Those who refuse to submit to the dictates of religions take the risk of paying for it with their lives
”.
On the cover of the newspaper under the title "
Mullahs, return where you came from
", we can see an Indian file of small gray mullahs returning to the sex of a smiling naked woman, but also braided hair of women serving as ropes hanged from the supreme guide or even the slogan "Woman, life, freedom", diverted into a huge punch, received in the face by Ayatollah Khamenei.
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