Iran protests cartoons of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in France’s Charlie Hebdo magazine
Iran warned France that it would respond after "insulting" cartoons depicting supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei were published in the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with a group of Basij paramilitary force in Tehran, Iran, on Nov. 26, 2022. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File) Following the publication of cartoons depicting Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian tweeted:
“The insulting and indecent act of a French publication in publishing cartoons against the religious and political authority will not go without an effective and decisive response. We will not allow the French government to go beyond its bounds. They have definitely chosen the wrong path.”
The weekly published dozens of cartoons Wednesday ridiculing the top religious and political figure in Iran.
In December, the magazine launched a caricature competition, following months of protests triggered by the September 16 death in custody of Jina Mahsa Amini, an Iranian Kurd who was arrested for allegedly violating the country’s strict dress code for women.
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