Iranians speak up for the honour of their country:
Dozens of Iranian students burnt pictures of President Ahmadinejad and chanted "Death to the dictator" as he gave a speech at a university in Tehran yesterday.Ahmadinejad, as the report also says, 'accused the protesters of being "Americanised".' My, he chose to pay them a compliment. (Thanks: Bruce D.)Never has the hardline leader faced such open hostility at a public event, which came as Iran opened a conference questioning whether Nazi Germany murdered six million Jews.
One student activist said that the protest was against the "shameful" Holocaust conference and the "fact that many activists have not been allowed to attend university". The conference "has brought to our country Nazis and racists from around the world", he added.
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[T]he conference has embarrassed many ordinary Iranians who are aware of the damage such events are inflicting on their country's image.