French Foreign Ministry justifies the actions of Charlie Hebdo.
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna defended Charlie Hebdo’s offensive actions on Thursday and linked it to “freedom of expression”.
Yesterday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran announced that following the derogatory action of a French publication in insulting authority, sanctities and religious and national values, the French ambassador in Tehran, “Nicolas Roche”, was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by Nasser Kanani.
Colonna said on Thursday that Iran should look at what is happening in this country before criticizing France.
The head of the French diplomatic service claimed that it is Iran that pursues bad policies with violence against its own people and the arrest of French nationals.
He said: “We must remember that in France, unlike Iran, there is freedom of speech and this freedom is supervised by a judge who is a member of an independent judicial system; Something that without a doubt Iran does not have adequate information about.
The French foreign minister clarified that there is no law against blasphemy in France.
The attempt of the French authorities to justify the insult to religious sanctities with the category of “freedom of expression” has a long history and has always been criticized by a group of experts and analysts. These analysts consider the French laws on the “Holocaust” to be inconsistent with the claims of the country’s authorities about freedom of expression.
