4 Jan. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has summoned the French ambassador, Nicholas Roche, on Wednesday, in protest against the caricatures of the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, published in the French satirical magazine ‘Charlie Hebdo’.
“Iran does not accept any insult to its Islamic, religious and national values and entities. France has no right to try to justify insulting the sanctities of Muslim countries and other nations under the pretext of freedom of expression,” the president said. Iranian Foreign Ministry in a statement.
In this sense, he has alleged that Iran “is waiting for the explanation and compensatory action from the French government by condemning the unacceptable behavior of the magazine”, for which he has summoned the French diplomat this Wednesday night, as reported by the news agency Mehr news.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hosein Amirabdolahian has previously said these actions will not go “without an effective and decisive response.” “We will not allow the French government to cross the line. They have taken the wrong path, definitely,” he said.
The satirical magazine announced on December 9 an “international competition to produce caricatures of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” whom it described as “a symbol of backward thinking, narrow-mindedness and intolerance of religious power.”
‘Charlie Hebdo’ has announced this Wednesday a selection of winning cartoons and has highlighted on its account on the social network Twitter that in recent weeks it has received “more than 300 drawings and thousands of threats”.
