Al-Monitor - Iranian officials are expressing rage at a provocative rerunning of cartoon portrayals of Islam�s Prophet Muhammad, but have refrained from calling for retaliation or issuing death fatwas.

Iran�s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif strongly criticized a reprinting earlier this month of some controversial cartoons by the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Many Muslims across the world find the sketches depicting the Islamic community�s most revered figure, the Prophet Muhammad, sacrilegious.

Zarif�s tweet also criticized French President Emmanuel Macron, who has refused to condemn the publication, saying he is not in a position to pass judgement on the magazine�s editorial decisions. �Freedom of expression or institutionalized hypocrisy?� the Iranian foreign minister asked the French leader, using his signature sarcasm.

Charlie Hebdo reran the cartoons ahead of long-awaited proceedings that began last week against 13 defendants accused of complicity in the 2015 attack on the magazine�s office in Paris. The shooting left 17 people dead, including 12 magazine staff members and the three gunmen behind it.

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