Shoe thrown Ahmadinejad, And Concerning His face!

Tehran
Action of throwing a shoe re-occur. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was pelted with shoes by an unemployed man in Iran. At that Ahmadinejad was speaking in the city of Sari, northern Iran.

According to Iranian news agency, Mehr as reported by Xinhua on Tuesday (13/12/2011), 45-year-old man broke through the crowd and immediately threw his shoe at Ahmadinejad. And throw the shoe right on target, namely the face Ahmadinejad.

Shoes are a landslide on the nose and mouth of the Iranian president, who immediately grimaced in pain. See the action, other residents immediately beat the man. They only stopped after police moved to secure Iran's man.

According to other Iranian media, Ghased News, the man identified as Rashid S was angry because of the lack of jobs in the region. The man had been working in the textile industry but he was dismissed about a year ago and until now remain unemployed.

It is unclear whether the man was arrested for this action. But he was never jailed for throwing eggs and tomatoes to the former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami.

In December 2008, an Iraqi journalist threw his shoes at former U.S. President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq. The reporter was jailed for 9 months. Since the action of throwing a shoe is also experienced by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao and other Chinese.