Iran Threatens Artists Who Drew Cartoons of Supreme Leader

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : Iran's Foreign Minister took to social media on Wednesday to threaten those who drew cartoons mocking the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, promising that a "firm response" from Tehran was forthcoming.
42% : For instance, Tehran has been at the centre of the violent threats against the life of award-winning author Salman Rushdie, with the country's then-Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, declaring a fatwah against him in 1989 after the publication of his novel, The Satanic Verses.
34% : Such a threat against the cartoonists involved in the competition is not exactly unexpected for Iran, with the Islamist nation having frequently threatened artists who are seen to have mocked or insulted the country or its religion in the past.
32% : Iran has publicly threatened artists who drew cartoons mocking the country's supreme leader after they were published in French satire magazine Charlie Hebdo.
31% : Some solid action followed as the Iranian government shut down a French institute in Tehran as a punishment, Politico reports.
31% : He went on to attack the French government, saying that the country has "chosen the wrong path" before vowing that Iran will not allow the country to "overstep its mark".

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