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Khatami denies hand shakes with women
2007-06-22
IranÂ’s former reformist president Mohammad Khatami on Thursday vehemently denied breaking Islamic rules by shaking hands with women on a trip to Italy, amid growing condemnation from conservatives.

Khatami’s old hardline foes have expressed outrage over video footage circulating on the Internet which apparently shows the former president shaking hands with several women. “Khatami officially denied that he had shook hands with any woman and the film circulating is not based on reality,” said a statement from his office reported by the ISNA news agency and Ham Mihan newspaper. “This film circulating on some conservative websites which shows him shaking hand with some Italian women is a version that has been edited and Khatami wholly denies this.”. Whether at home or on trips abroad, Iran’s officials studiously avoid handshakes with females. Khatami’s trip at the start of May saw him meet Italian leaders as well as Pope Benedict XVI.
Posted by:Fred

#11  Khatami denies hand shakes with women

Video? Ha.. No Problem-0

heh it's OK 'cause i had my testicles crossed when i shook it!
Posted by: Mohammad Khatami    2007-06-22 16:05  

#10  He's lying! FILTHY INFIDEL HANDSHAKER!! Kill him!!!
Posted by: tu3031   2007-06-22 11:32  

#9  How scandelous, was the video in infrared too?
Posted by: Criling Fillmore7165   2007-06-22 10:25  

#8  Was she wearing a blue dress?
Posted by: JFM   2007-06-22 10:13  

#7  No, no! It's infidel Disney animation, I tell you! It's all a plot by the Joooos!
Posted by: Mohammad Khatami    2007-06-22 08:31  

#6  Affirmative cootieeeeees!!! And from infidel cat meat to boot!
Posted by: twobyfour   2007-06-22 04:25  

#5  Here's a link to Khatami's visit in Udine, Italy. At 4:30 into the video, you can clearly see Khatami shake hands with two or three women.

Right after signing an autograph for the young man in a bright green shirt (~4:15), he proceeds to shake hands with a woman dressed in white (slightly obscured), then clearly shakes hands with a woman wearing a black and white striped blouse and, after that, a woman wearing a dark red outfit.

This guy is so hosed. What a crackup that, while on foreign soil, he relaxes for a few moments only to jepoardize his entire political future. After being forced to endure this scumbag's presence in America's National Catherdal on September 7, 2006 it is gratifying in the extreme to see his own fanatical loons drag him down into the usual Islamic crapulence. Whoever invited this filthy terrorist maggot onto American soil so close to the fifth anniversary of the 9-11 atrocity should be begging on a corner with a tin cup.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-06-22 03:35  

#4  Actually, Zen, Neanderthal culture would be an improvement over what they have now.
Posted by: twobyfour   2007-06-22 03:16  

#3  Â“Khatami officially denied that he had shook hands with any woman and the film circulating is not based on reality,”

Yo, Khatami dude, it's not the film that isn't "based in reality", it's yer whole damned Neanderthal culture. Exactly how powerful are you when shaking a woman's hand can topple your entire house of political cards? Islam, a religious eggshell filled with corrosive acid.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-06-22 03:13  

#2  No cooties on him! He says so.
Posted by: 3dc   2007-06-22 02:14  

#1  No holier than Allan Islamo can shake a female hand, but you can kiss their unwashed ass if you please. Allan says it's OK.
Posted by: Woozle Elmeter2970   2007-06-22 01:19  

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