Posted on 09/28/2013 9:21:40 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
* A protester throws a shoe toward Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, media report
* The incident occurred at Tehran's airport as Rouhani returned from New York
* Rouhani and U.S. President Barack Obama had groundbreaking conversation Friday
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's arrival in Tehran Saturday was marked by an incident during which a shoe was thrown by a protester in his direction, Iran's semi-official Fararu news agency said.
A group of Iranian protesters, opposed to dialog with the United States, were at Tehran's airport where Rouhani supporters had also gathered to welcome the president home, Fararu said.
Rouhani left the airport with his entourage without any further incident, and was accompanied by his supporters shouting, "Rouhani, Rouhani we support you," according to Fararu.
Rouhani, who was in New York for the U.N. General Assembly, spoke by telephone Friday with U.S. President Barack Obama -- the first direct conversation between leaders in Washington and Tehran since 1979.
Rouhani's recent comments have raised hopes that a deal could be struck over the Iran's controversial nuclear program.
Western leaders believe the country's nuclear program is designed to produce weapons. Iranian leaders have said it is purely peaceful.
Shoe throwing is seen as highly offensive in the Middle East for cultural and religious reasons.
(Excerpt) Read more at edition.cnn.com ...
Why shoe throwing is ‘incredibly offensive’
By Alan Duke, CNN
February 7, 2013
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/06/world/meast/shoe-throwing-significance/index.html
“Shoe throwing is seen as highly offensive in the Middle East for cultural and religious reasons.”
Netanyahu would pick it up and yell, “SIZE 9 WIDE!”
Many of the Iranian people are not happy about these latest developments. They had felt as though the U.S. was one of the few countries in the world on the side of the people against the regime, but now feel as though Obama has increased the longevity & strength of the regime.
A group of Iranian protesters, opposed to dialog with the United States, were at Tehran's airport where Rouhani supporters had also gathered to welcome the president home …So the implication is that it is just this group that is allegedly opposed to taqiyyah with the Great Satan? CNN just doesn’t know, do they.
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And yet, they will wipe their a$$e$ with a bare left hand...
remember the eddie murphy skit with mom throwing the shoe. that’s my wife’s mom.
....perhaps accounting for the mental muddle they all seem to be in??
Might also explain why those America-haters with the worst hygiene practices tend to be Dim voters.
Sarah Palin would fling it back and nail the sucka right on the nose..................just speculatin'
BINGO!
They caught the guy running away with one shoe on his feet.
LOL this is what happens when you talk to Obama, you get a shoe thrown at you..God I hope it wasn’t a Reebok LOL
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