Iran denounces Charlie Hebdo's republication of Prophet cartoon as act of 'provocation'

Iran has condemned French magazine Charlie Hebdo’s decision to republish cartoons of Prophet Mohammed on eve of trial of alleged accomplices in 2015 attack on satirical magazine’s office by Islamist terrorists that claimed 12 lives. cartoons were first published by a Danish newspaper in 2005 and Charlie Hebdo reprinted it next year.

One of cartoons depicted Muhamm wearing a bomb-shaped turban triggered anger among Muslim community. Muslims accused Danish newspaper as branding all followers as terrorists and y also raised objection on visual depiction of Prophet Muhamm in any form since y believe it amounts to blasphemy.

Before ghastly attack, terrorists h warned Charlie Hebdo that it would pay a heavy price for publishing cartoons. On January 7, 2015, brors Chérif and Said Kouachi stormed Charlie Hebdo’s office in Paris with assault rifles, submachine guns, grenes and pistols and killed 12 people, including cartoonists and or editorial staff. 

terrorists were killed in counteraction by 14 alleged accomplices went on trial in Paris on September 2. Charlie Hebdo’s publishing director Laurent "Riss" Sourisseau, who was wounded in attack, wrote in an editorial accompanying cartoons, that hatred that struck m is still re and has taken time “to mutate, to change its appearance, to go unticed and to quietly continue its ruthless cruse.”

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'Absolutely unacceptable'

French President Emmanuel Macron said that he is t in a place to pass judgment on decision of magazine to republish cartoons. Macron said that decision is solely an editorial choice of a journalist or a newsroom because France has freedom of press.

Iranian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that decision to republish cartoons is an act of provocation, calling to use freedom of expression in a constructive manner. It ded that any insult or disrespect towards Islam's holy prophet or or prophets of God is absolutely unacceptable.

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