Iranian paper banned for showing Clooney wearing "Je suis Charlie" pin
Mardom-e Emrooz (Today's People) had come under criticism after running the image of the U.S. actor at last week's Golden Gloves
Iran's hardline judiciary has banned a reformist newspaper for publishing a picture of Hollywood star George Clooney wearing a "Je suis Charlie" ("I am Charlie") button, Iranian newspapers reported on Monday.
Mardom-e Emrooz (Today's People) had come under criticism after running the image of the U.S. actor at last week's Golden Gloves ceremony displaying his support for victims of a deadly attack two weeks ago on the Charlie Hebdo weekly in Paris.
A conservative press watchdog revoked Mardom-e Emrooz's permit only three weeks after it started publishing with a pledge to support President Hassan Rouhani in his political and social liberalization program, the official IRNA news agency said, citing board member Allaeddin Zohurian.
Like many other Hollywood celebrities, Clooney commands wide popularity among Iranian youths, although they only get to watch his movies on pirated videos. Almost all Hollywood productions are banned in the Islamic republic as "culturally decadent".
Twelve people were killed in the January 7 shooting at the Charlie Hebdo office, carried out in retaliation for caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad.
Thousands of Islamist hardliners gathered outside the French embassy on Monday to denounce a new drawing of the Prophet published last Wednesday in the first issue of Charlie Hebdo after the shooting.
The cartoon has sparked violent clashes in other Muslim countries.
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