WORLD : Eggs Thrown at Iranian at U.N.
A man threw eggs and shouted insults at Iran’s foreign minister in a U.N. hallway today before being wrestled to the floor.
The official, Ali Akbar Velayati, was not injured and the eggs missed him.
The unidentified man, who identified himself as an Iranian, screamed at Velayati: “He is a murderer and torturer! He does not represent the Iranian people! He should not be allowed in the United Nations!”
The assailant was hustled away by guards, along with a second man who stood nearby during the attack. The second man, who identified himself as Ahmed Mohini of Iran, claimed that the Iranian government had murdered his brother.
Both men, who wore dark suits, said that they were acting as individual Iranians and that they were not affiliated with any group.
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