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After the publication of cartoons about Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the French satirical newspaper »Charlie Hebdo«, Iran threatened France with consequences.
Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian wrote on Twitter that the "insulting" action "will not remain without an effective and decisive response."
Tehran will "not allow the French government to cross the borders."
You have “definitely chosen the wrong path”.
The weekly Charlie Hebdo published dozens of cartoons mocking Iran's supreme spiritual leader in a special edition on Wednesday to mark the anniversary of the deadly attack on its Paris office.
The magazine said the cartoons are part of a competition it launched in December in support of anti-government protests in Iran.
Iran is shaken by a wave of protests
Iran has been shaken by a wave of protests since the death of the young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini on September 16.
Amini had previously been arrested by the vice squad on charges of violating the strict Islamic headscarf rules for women.
The Iranian authorities have denounced the nationwide demonstrations as "riots".
They accuse the West and opposition groups of fomenting the unrest.
The government is trying everything to deter further demonstrators.
Two death sentences have already been carried out.
In December, in addition to the sentence against Mohammed B., another death sentence was confirmed.
In the case of three other convicts, including a Kurdish rapper, a new trial has been scheduled by order of the Supreme Court.
Now two more men are threatened with execution.
In 2015, "Charlie Hebdo" became the target of an Islamist attack in Paris after the paper had caused outrage among devout Muslims around the world by publishing cartoons of Mohammed.
Just last October, an appeals court imposed high penalties on two suspects, seven and a half years after the attack.
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