Students Protest French Magazine’s Insulting Move
TEHRAN – Iranian students on Tuesday gathered in front of the French Embassy in Tehran to condemn the recent sacrilegious cartoons published by the French magazine Charlie Hebdo.
The insulting and indecent move by the French publication, draw a harsh condemnation from Iranian people and officials.
Earlier, Iranian university students and political activists had gathered in front of the French Embassy in Tehran to once again denounce a French magazine’s insult to Muslim sanctities and Iran’s religious and national values.
Iran’s foreign ministry slapped sanctions against dozens of European individuals and entities, including Charlie Hebdo, on December 12 over their meddlesome measures pertaining to Iran’s internal developments and support for acts of terror in the country.
“We have earlier put the publication in the list of sanctioned entities,” Amir-Abdollahian said in a tweet.
The French magazine has a long history of publishing derogatory and sacrilegious cartoons in the name of freedom of expression. Back in September 2020, it republished blasphemous cartoons of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) that were first released in 2015, sparking anger and outrage across the Muslim world.