TEHRAN, Jan. 08 (MNA) – A group of people and seminary students gathered in front of the French Embassy in Tehran Sunday to protest against Charlie Hebdo's recent sacrilegious cartoons against religious authorities and scholars.

The shameful caricatures recently published by Charlie Hebdo have received widespread condemnation.

Different rallies were held in Tehran and Qom in Iran.

People of Qom from all walks of life held a big rally to condemn the French authorities for the sacrilegious cartoons on Sunday morning.

Following that a rally was held in front of the French Embassy in the Iranian capital to denounce the shameful caricatures on Sunday afternoon.

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