Talking with Tehran: About Shoes?

When the United States sits down with Ahmadenijad, the conversation may revolve around footwear, as the Guardian reports:

When the Iraqi journalist, Muntazar al-Zaidi, hurled his shoes at the then-US president, George Bush, in December, Iranian officials declared him a hero and hailed his gesture as a mark of Islamic courage.

They were presumably less impressed this week when Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was similarly targeted during a visit to the north-western city of Urumiye.

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