The parents of US reporter James Foley, who was beheaded by the so-called Islamic State group, have expressed outrage after French far-right leader Marine Le Pen tweeted a "shamefully uncensored" image of his decapitated body.
Front National leader Ms Le Pen posted the image, plus two other graphic photos, in response to a journalist whom she accused of likening her party to the jihadist group.
The images were tweeted with the caption "This is Daesh" (an Arabic acronym for IS) and showed Mr Foley's bloodied body with his decapitated head on his torso, a man on fire in a cage, and a victim being driven over by a tank.
"Our family was informed this morning that Marine Le Pen, a French politician, tweeted a shamefully uncensored picture of our son," John and Diane Foley said in a statement.
"We are deeply disturbed by the unsolicited use of Jim for Le Pen's political gain and hope that the picture of our son, along with the two other graphic photographs, are taken down immediately," they said.
Mr Foley, a freelance journalist, was captured in Syria in 2012 and beheaded in August 2014.
Mainstream media largely refrained from showing any potentially disturbing or gruesome photos from the incident.
"As we have said before, our focus is on Jim's life and all the good that he did in the world," his parents said.
"We choose to use our tragedy to improve the world around us, and Le Pen's actions go against everything Jim and the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation stand for."
