He called on Paris to crack down on the French satirical newspaper.
Hezbollah, a powerful pro-Iranian movement in Lebanon, on Tuesday condemned the cartoons of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic published by
Charlie Hebdo
.
“Hezbollah strongly condemns this hideous act (…) we call on free and honest men around the world to denounce it,” the Shiite party said in a statement, without calling for demonstrations.
On January 4, Charlie Hebdo
published a series of cartoons featuring the highest religious and political figure in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
"Imam Khamenei is not simply the leader of a great country, he is a religious reference for tens of millions of believers", emphasizes Hezbollah, which "calls on the French government to take firm measures to punish the perpetrators of this act, who attacked what is sacred and flouted the dignity of an entire nation".
Cartoons to support the people of Iran
In reaction to the publication of the cartoons, Iran closed last week in Tehran the French Institute for Research in Iran (IFRI), affiliated with the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
And on Sunday, several dozen Iranians gathered outside the French embassy in Tehran, burning French flags.
Charlie Hebdo
said it published these cartoons to support the people of Iran, as the country has been rocked for several months by unprecedented protests sparked in September by the death of a young Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini, who died after her arrest by the vice squad.
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