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Eight years after deadly attacks, Charlie Hebdo back in the headlines for angering Tehran

A police officer stands guard near a drawing depicting eleven of the victims ahead of a ceremony marking the eighth anniversary of the jihadist attack on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that killed 12 people, Paris, January 7, 2023. © Geoffroy Van der Hasselt, AFP

French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo made headlines again this week for mocking Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khomenei, angering the Iranian regime and prompting it to close a French research institute in Tehran. The latest controversy comes as France on Saturday marked the eighth anniversary of the attack on Charlie Hebdo’s offices that killed 12.

Today, the irreverent, militantly atheist publication operates from a secret location with round-the-clock police protection to protect its staff, eight years after it was attacked by Islamist gunmen.

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