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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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Last update - 06:00 09/03/2009
Report: Shoe hurled at Ahmadinejad in Iranian city
By Yossi Melman, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Israel News, Shoe 

A shoe was recently hurled at Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad while he was in the city of Urmia, an Iranian Web site has reported.

The incident in the Iranian city was an apparent imitation of a similar attack on former U.S. president George Bush in Iraq last year.

Urmia News, the Iranian site, reported that Ahmadinejad was in a car en route to an election rally when the shoe was thrown. Ahmadinejad was traveling to a local stadium where he was meant to deliver a speech ahead of upcoming presidential elections.
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According to the report, a hat was also thrown at the Iranian president before his convoy sped away from the scene.

The incident was not reported by Iran's major news outlets. But it has been widely commented upon in the Islamic Republic's blogosphere, which is viewed as one of the most developed in the world. It is one of the key tools for disseminating information that contradicts the position of the regime. The government controls Iran's traditional media.

A number of pro-Ahmadinejad bloggers denied the report, claiming it was a rumor spread by "monarchists" and "anti-revolutionaries" - common terms for members of the Iranian opposition.

Urmia News said the incident occurred after riots erupted in the city in response to an incident in which an elderly pedestrian was harmed by Ahmadinejad's convoy. He had reportedly sought to hand the Iranian president a letter.

Urmia News did not say when the incident transpired, but it apparently took place at some point over the last few days.

In December last year, an Iraqi television news reporter threw his shoes at Bush and called him a "dog" in Arabic, during a press conference in Baghdad. The act triggered a spate of copycat shoe-hurling incidents across the world.


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      1.   like UN sanctions..the shoe is useless 16:20  |  Avi 07/03/09
      2.   just curious: what happen to the person who threw it? 16:22  |  Avi 07/03/09
      3.   Send Shoes To Iran 16:37  |  Yosemite 07/03/09
      4.   copycat shoe-hurling incidents across the world. 16:45  |  Akiva P 07/03/09
      5.   Amazing! Shoe now universal symbol of protest... 16:45  |  Esther 07/03/09
      6.   Shoe thrower in Iran 16:58  |  Sabra 07/03/09
      7.   #2 - He was publicly hanged along with his wife and children..... 17:15  |  ASM 07/03/09
      8.   kol hakvod 17:22  |  newageblues 07/03/09
      9.   What A Pity.... 17:25  |  Bill Foonman 07/03/09
      10.   The particular shoe 17:28  |  Sam C 07/03/09
      11.   Does this mean that Ahmadinejad now has a Soul? 17:36  |  H 07/03/09
      12.   Please Give URL of Urmia News Website. 17:41  |  Reader 07/03/09
      13.   Yosemite, what a greatt idea ! 17:42  |  Akiva P 07/03/09
      14.   One more item for Durban II to condemn and blame the Jews for 17:48  |  Christopher 07/03/09
      15.   2. just curious: what happen to the person who threw it? 18:35  |  Al 07/03/09
      16.   Christopher in Boston 18:47  |  Persian Kitty 07/03/09
      17.   Avi 18:59  |  Persian Kitty 07/03/09
      18.   Every day the Iranian get more sick of their oppressive regime... 19:08  |  anti-racist 07/03/09
      19.   Neocon shoe thrower? 19:16  |  Beorge Gush 07/03/09
      20.   Shoe thrown at Bush was made in Turkey 19:32  |  Anonymous 07/03/09
      21.   To Persian Kitty:Why am I off key? 19:36  |  Christopher 07/03/09
      22.   It looks fiction, since no date mentioned. 19:46  |  Jafna 07/03/09
      23.   P.kitty: why is Christopher off key? 19:49  |  Rory 07/03/09
      24.   If The Shoe Fits Wear It! 20:20  |  John 07/03/09
      25.   Next to shoes comes the boots.. 20:32  |  Akram Zekaria 07/03/09
      26.   shoe 20:34  |  dariush 07/03/09
      27.   Persian Kitty 20:43  |  Leon 07/03/09
      28.   #9 Persian Pussy. Cristopher on key & in tune 20:57  |  Ari ben Yisrael 07/03/09
      29.   After the shoe comes the boot .. 20:57  |  Akram Zekaria 07/03/09
      30.   There Are No Disgruntled Citizens In Iran 21:41  |  Jeff Northridge 07/03/09
      31.   Free Iran 22:05  |  Baruch Gold 07/03/09
      32.   Great contibutions to political expression 22:11  |  David 07/03/09
      33.   shoe trower 22:14  |  amnon 07/03/09
      34.   *24 - Dariush 22:59  |  M. 07/03/09
      35.   Shoe Throwers 22:59  |  The Teacher/Instruct 07/03/09
      36.   Yosemite....send them to the Iranian Embassy 23:48  |  Lynn 07/03/09
      37.   Ahmadinebush amBUSHED in shoe attack?! 23:59  |  Star of David 07/03/09
      38.   How did it feel, Mahmoud? 01:06  |  Sarah 08/03/09
      39.   Wonder if the shoe thrower will become a hero with a new Pal wife 01:17  |  PETER SM 08/03/09
      40.   # 11. 01:32  |  Evan from Oz. 08/03/09
      41.   So he plays hockey? 02:36  |  Whizzer 08/03/09
      42.   Perhaps the shoe is on the other foot for the world`s despots.. 02:42  |  Michael J 08/03/09
      43.   Christopher in Boston 04:15  |  Persian Kitty 08/03/09
      44.   Like begets like 04:24  |  Proud Primate 08/03/09
      45.   Rory 04:25  |  Persian Kitty 08/03/09
      46.   You shouldn`t criticizd a man 05:40  |  utagawa 08/03/09
      47.   You shouldn`t criticizd a man 05:40  |  utagawa 08/03/09
      48.   Interesting Photo There Of Mahmoud... 06:50  |  Yosemite 08/03/09
      49.   #1 Avi,this happening in public is significant in a dictatorship 06:55  |  Mark B. 08/03/09
      50.   Shoe 07:00  |  John 08/03/09
      51.   ISRAEL bashers venting their spleen on the other pages 07:37  |  PETER SM 08/03/09
      52.   # 47 Yosemite 09:28  |  The Teacher/Instruct 08/03/09
      53.   The Jew haters silence is deafening 17:03  |  A caring Bahai 08/03/09
      54.   B.S, 01:13  |  dave 09/03/09
      55.   Shoe 04:40  |  Rick 09/03/09
      56.   Stuff hurled 13:29  |  Naseer Ahmad 09/03/09
      57.   New shoe collection 22:47  |  The Teacher/Instruct 09/03/09
      58.   FINALLY A NOBLE PERSON WORTH THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE!!! 04:30  |  glenna 10/03/09
      59.   I hope it was the left shoe 01:53  |  Kris 11/03/09
      60.   Show thowing 01:57  |  Jeff In Miami Beach 11/03/09
      61.   Shoe hurled at Ahmadinejad in Iranian city 01:59  |  lillola 11/03/09
      62.   "monarchists" and "anti-revolutionaries" lol. 03:38  |  David 11/03/09
      63.   Shoe Throw 04:02  |  The Ayatollah Yomama 11/03/09
      64.   ahmenijihad brain probe 04:11  |  hooligan 11/03/09
      65.   Person who threw shoe at Ahmadinejad 04:51  |  Boomer 11/03/09
      66.   Bet he was scared 05:52  |  Jim Mc 11/03/09
      67.   Shoes & Self Expression 07:17  |  Rebecca Whetstine 11/03/09
      68.   iranian shoes 08:03  |  Huggy Chavez 11/03/09
      69.   Shoe-B-Doo 12:50  |  Mike 11/03/09
      70.   Send more shoes to Iran 16:42  |  Ralphie 11/03/09
      71.   symbolism 20:30  |  carl 11/03/09
      72.   Shoe Thrower in Iran 22:26  |  Pauline 11/03/09
      73.   Amelda Marcos 10:23  |  RME 20/04/09
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