“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”.
On Wednesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian warned Paris of possible reprisals after the publication of "insulting" cartoons of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
Earlier in the day, dozens of cartoons appeared in the satirical weekly, featuring the highest religious and political figure in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
“We will not allow the French government to overstep the bounds”
These are the cartoons selected in a competition launched in December, amid growing protests 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.
“We will not allow the French government to overstep the mark.
He definitely went the wrong way,” the foreign minister added on Twitter.
Charlie Hebdo announced in December that this "international competition to produce caricatures" of Khamenei aimed to support "Iranians who are fighting for their freedom".
Charlie Hebdo published the cartoons in a special edition for the anniversary of the deadly attack on its Paris office on January 7, 2015. The latter was perpetrated by terrorists claiming to act on behalf of Al-Qaeda to avenge the decision of the newspaper to publish caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.
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