Charlie Hebdo

The cartoons were published by satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo as a tribute to Iranian women protesting against the regime.

The date of the publication of the cartoons came in the week of the anniversary of the [last month](https://charliehebdo.fr/mullahsgetout-concours-international-de-caricatures/), were meant as a tribute to the Iranian women who have taken to the streets [since ](https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-to-hit-iran-with-sanctions-over-protest-crackdown-death-mahsa-amini-iranian-women/)22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in police custody, Charlie Hebdo’s publishing director said [Tuesday](https://www.francetvinfo.fr/economie/medias/charlie-hebdo/iran-la-caricature-est-une-arme-politique-utilisee-par-les-mollahs-donc-on-l-a-utilisee-contre-eux-dans-charlie-hebdo-explique-riss_5577969.html) on French radio. [summoned](https://en.mfa.ir/portal/NewsView/705297) to the Iranian foreign ministry. “The ministry is ending the activities of the French Institute for Research in Iran as a first step,” the Iranian foreign ministry Iran Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian had warned Wednesday that Paris chose “the wrong path” in allowing the publication of the cartoons of the Iranian supreme leader, calling them “insulting.” French Ambassador to Tehran Nicolas Roche was The French Research Institute in Iran, which is affiliated with the French foreign ministry, is a historical and archeological institute founded in 1983.