The Iranian Foreign Ministry renews its rejection of the offensive cartoons published by the French “Charlie Hebdo”, and says such practices are clear evidence of hate speech.
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Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani has renewed his condemnation of the offensive cartoons published by the French newspaper “Charlie Hebdo”.
He felt this passage was “a clear case of hate speech and provocation”.
Kanaani said at his weekly news conference in Tehran on Monday that “the cartoons of the Charlie Hebdo newspaper are not only an insult to the religious sanctity of the Iranian nation, but also an insult to the status of women in society,” according to the news agency. Iranian Official Press (IRNA).
He added: “We regret publishing this newspaper in a country that claims to respect the values of others and uphold their rights, but fails to abide by the clearer principles and foundations that govern international law.”
France, with its black history of colonialism, violation of human rights and freedom of speech at home and abroad, has no right to justify insulting the sanctity of other countries and nations and followers of divine religions with the pretext of freedom of speech.
— Nasser Canaan (@IRIMFA_SPOX) January 8, 2023
Kanani also confirmed that “the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded quickly to the desecration, bCall the French ambassador in TehranTo convey Iran’s message to the French government that the cartoons are offensive to Islamic values.”
He underlined that Tehran “will never allow its holiness and its Islamic values to be insulted”.
Kanaani believed that “the Israeli Zionist regime was behind the publication of the Charlie Hebdo cartoons, as the incident coincided with the Zionists’ move to desecrate the Al-Aqsa mosque in occupied Palestine.”
The Iranian diplomat also condemned the French government for “supporting the publication of obscene cartoons under the pretext of freedom of expression”.
He called on all governments and countries of the world to “show a proper reaction to these sacrilegious actions,” as he said.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it regretted “the permanent failure of the relevant French authorities to address manifestations of Islamophobia and institutional racism”.
Interestingly, the French weekly ‘Charlie Hebdo’ published a series of caricatures of Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei on Wednesday to commemorate the 2015 attack on his office in Paris by French Islamists, which caused 12 dead.
The drawings came as part of a competition held by the magazine In support of the ongoing uprisings in Iran Since last September 16th.
And yesterday, Sunday Dozens of protesters gathered in front of the French embassy in TehranIn rejection of “Charlie Hebdo’s” direct insult to religious authority and Islamic saints and values.
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