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Coverage dated January 4, 2023

Iran closes French institute over Charlie Hebdo cartoons

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran on Thursday shut down a decades-old French research institute in response to cartoons published by the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that mocked the…

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  1. WTOP Washington DC

    Iran closes French institute over Charlie Hebdo cartoons (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran on Thursday shut down a decades-old French research institute in response to cartoons published by the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that mocked the…

  2. Al-Monitor

    Charlie Hebdo's Khamenei cartoons stir storm between Iran and France (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Iran's already frosty ties with France are worsening as the Islamic Republic closed down a key French cultural institute, hard-liners demanded the expulsion of the French envoy and the walls of the French mission were covered with graffiti.

  3. The Times of Israel

    Iran shutters French institute over provocative Charlie Hebdo cartoons (opens The Times of Israel)

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    Tehran says closure is just a 'first step' after satirical magazine published crude images of Supreme Leader Khamenei

  4. The Times of Israel

    Iran closes French institute to retaliate for Khamenei cartoons (opens The Times of Israel)

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    Tehran says shuttering of research institute a 'first step' in reaction to Charlie Hebdo caricatures published in support of protests across Iran

  5. France 24

    Iran shuts French institute in protest at Charlie Hebdo Khamenei cartoons (opens France 24)

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    Iran announced Thursday the closure of a Tehran-based French research institute in protest against cartoons of the Islamic republic's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei published by French satirical…

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