For its latest edition, the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo asked cartoonists to lampoon Iran’s Islamist leader Ali Khamenei. Here is our factCheck:
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“It was one way of showing our support for the Iranian men and women risking their lives to defend their freedom against the theocracy oppressing them since 1979,” Sourisseau wrote in an editorial.U.S. Department of State spokesperson Ned Price said French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said Iran should look at what is going on at home before criticizing her nation.
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