Oops! Iranian Ambassador High-Fives a Female
The Iranian Ambassador to Berlin, Ali Reza Sheik Attar, has been caught on video high-fiving Claudia Roth, the leader of the German Green Party, at a conference in Munich. To be fair, Attar appears to be holding up his hand in a what ho, kemosabe!-esque greeting, while it's Roth who takes the high-fiving initiative. Attar seems awfully pleased to see her, though, which is curious, since she's a supporter of the Iranian opposition.
Now everybody's backpedaling like crazy. The Iranians are issuing testy statements (Attar never, ever shook Roth's or any other woman's hand, ever!) and Roth is scrambling to explain why she gave such a cheerful greeting to a representative of a regime whose treatment of women she ardently deplores.
Well, them's politics. It's a fun story, anyway. Definitely cozier reading than this.
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Jun '11
Re: Oops! Iranian Ambassador High-Fives a Female
Where is the happy couple registered?
Feb '12
Re: Oops! Iranian Ambassador High-Fives a Female
When Greens find each other.. hi five baby!!
May '11
Re: Oops! Iranian Ambassador High-Fives a Female
Simply a case of mis-identification. Each thought the other was Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Aug '12
Re: Oops! Iranian Ambassador High-Fives a Female
And Farsi for coodies is ????