Iran President in Trouble over Kiss

Heibges · 05-02-07, 12:16 PM

Him and Richard Gere.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...5/s1912815.htm

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been accused of indecency after he publicly embraced and kissed on the hand an elderly woman who used to be his schoolteacher.

At a ceremony on Tuesday ahead of Iranian teachers' day, Mr Ahmadinejad was photographed and filmed by state media stooping to kiss the woman's hand and then clasping her arms in an embrace.

The ultra-conservative Hezbollah newspaper, which is not related to the group in Lebanon of the same name, criticised him on the front page.

"This type of indecency progressively has grave consequences, like violating religious and sacred values."

But his action raised eyebrows because according to sharia law, it is forbidden for a man to have any physical contact with a woman to whom he is not related.

While Mr Ahmadinejad is considered an ultra-conservative in the West, this is not the first time he and his Government have been attacked by hardline elements even further along the spectrum.

He courted controversy when he unsuccessfully proposed women be allowed to attend football matches, and one of his vice presidents came under huge pressure last year after allegedly watching a woman dance at a ceremony in Turkey.

- AFP

jumpy · 05-02-07, 03:39 PM

:rotfl:
the lascivious so and so..

Sailor Steve · 05-02-07, 04:59 PM

Stone her!

Not him; we never stone our (male) leaders.:rotfl:

robbo180265 · 05-02-07, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Stone her!

Not him; we never stone our (male) leaders.:rotfl:

Be nice if we could occasionaly tho

baggygreen · 05-02-07, 08:54 PM

yep, she's probably already been stoned!

It somehow amazes me just how far along the spectrum of extremism people can go - that article calls alphabet a moderate!!!!! I know i'd be buggered in Iran, with relatively few male friends and plenty of close female friends i doubt i'd last a day!

kurtz · 05-02-07, 09:57 PM

[quote=baggygreen]I know i'd be buggered in Iran, !/quote]

I imagine it's de rigeur over there

Ishmael · 05-03-07, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by baggygreen

yep, she's probably already been stoned!

It somehow amazes me just how far along the spectrum of extremism people can go - that article calls alphabet a moderate!!!!! I know i'd be buggered in Iran, with relatively few male friends and plenty of close female friends i doubt i'd last a day!

To quote Bob Dylan:

"Everybody must get stoned."

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jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	:rotfl: the lascivious so and so.. __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Stone her! Not him; we never stone our (male) leaders.:rotfl: __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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kurtz Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Leighton Buzzard,England Posts: 660 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	[quote=baggygreen]I know i'd be buggered in Iran, !/quote] I imagine it's de rigeur over there __________________ War without Fire is like sausages without mustard-Henry V. http://www.myvintagelife.co.uk/ Last edited by kurtz; 05-02-07 at 10:41 PM.

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baggygreen Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canberra, ACT, Down Under (really On Top) Posts: 1,880 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	yep, she's probably already been stoned! It somehow amazes me just how far along the spectrum of extremism people can go - that article calls alphabet a moderate!!!!! I know i'd be buggered in Iran, with relatively few male friends and plenty of close female friends i doubt i'd last a day!