The World - News from Feb. 19, 1987
Hundreds of students chanting slogans against the United States and West Germany marched on the West German Embassy in Tehran to protest a television show mocking Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran’s official news agency said. In Bonn, the Foreign Ministry said about 300 people staged an hour-long rally outside the embassy. The Iranian government ordered the expulsion of two West German diplomats in protest against the TV show, which contained a sketch showing women throwing underwear at Khomeini.
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