In a message, the mayor of Qom decried the French weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo for publishing caricatures of the top religious authority of the Islamic Republic, including the Supreme Leader.
Dr. Seyyed Morteza Saghaiannejad, the mayor of Qom, in a message, condemned the vicious action of the French magazine Charlie Hebdo in insulting the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, and considered it a sign of the weakness and humility of the masters of this magazine.
Supreme Leader, One of the pillars of the main foundations of the establishment and the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which confirms its legitimacy, is the source of many successes and victories that we have witnessed in the shadow of this holy establishment in the dear Islamic country of Iran, he wrote.
The condemnation comes as Charlie Hebdo published several insulting cartoons of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in a special issue later this week.