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Added on the 04/01/2016 11:14:38 - Copyright : Reuters - Next Media
Tehran, Oct 28 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Abedin Taherkenareh) An outcry against France has been growing in the Middle East after French President Emmanuel Macron defended cartoons of Islam’s prophet Muhammad, deemed offensive by Muslims.The international row over the caricatures was sparked by Macron's defense of the caricatures following the murder and beheading earlier this month of a history teacher in France who allegedly showed them to his students. Protests have since led to calls for a boycott of French products.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTESTS IN TEHRAN OUTSIDE THE FRENCH EMBASSY.
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