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December 2, 2008 9:51:02 AM CST



Presidential Peck Sets Off Iranian Sex Scandal

Posted May 2, 07 4:00 PM CDT in World Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is at the center of an unlikely sex scandal today, after being caught on camera kissing the hand—even if it was gloved—of a retired schoolteacher. Ahmadinejad's sexy faux pas, at a ceremony honoring the country's teachers, is a violation of Shariah law, hard-liners say.

"This type of indecency progressively has grave consequences, like violating religious and sacred values," the right-wing newspaper Hezbollah wrote. Ahmadinejad—hardly known abroad for his permissive attitudes—has been seen at home as something of a maverick on women's issues, even offering a widely criticized suggestion last year that they be able to attend soccer matches.

Source Fox News

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