Iran warned France on Wednesday that it would respond after "insulting" cartoons depicting supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei were published in the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Following ...

Iranian authorities ordered closure of the institute on Thursday over the publication of offensive caricatures of the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the French satirical ...

"The ministry is ending the activities of the French Institute for Research in Iran as a first step," the Iranian foreign ministry said in a statement, a day after Tehran had warned Paris of ...

Charlie Hebdo last Wednesday published caricatures of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The weekly publication has supported protests in Iran, sparked by the 16 September death of Mahsa Amini ...

In the post, titled “To the Youth in Europe and North America,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei calls on young ... were retribution for Charlie Hebdo’s lampooning of Islam over the years.

In 2023, Charlie Hebdo ran a contest for cartoons mocking Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that prompted protests Image: Atta Kenare/AFP France's long history of political cartooning ...