Iranians burn French flags outside embassy in protest against Charlie Hebdo cartoons
Iranian demonstrators set fire to French flags during their gathering to protest against the publication of offensive caricatures of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, in front of the French Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023
IRANIAN protesters burned French flags outside the French embassy in Tehran on Sunday to protest against cartoons published by the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that lampooned Iran’s supreme leader.
Hundreds of protesters, including students from seminary schools, shouted “death to France” and accused French President Emmanuel Macron of insulting Iran while urging Paris to stop “animosity” towards Tehran.
Iranian state television said that similar protests had been held in the shrine city of Qom.
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