 Several public figures, including the United States State Department, the Israeli Foreign Ministry, and United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan strongly criticized the contest.In January 2015, in the wake of the "Charlie Hebdo" shooting and the magazines subsequent decision to publish further cartoons of Muhammad, the Iranian House of Cartoon and the Sarcheshmeh Cultural Complex in Iran announced that they would be sponsoring "The 2nd International Holocaust Cartoons Contest".Selected cartoons were exhibited in Tehran beginning on May 14, 2016.