Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Ahmadinejad under fire for hugging Chavez's mother

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad comforts Elena Frias next to the flag-draped coffin of her son, Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez, during the funeral ceremony at the military academy in Caracas, Venezuela. Senior Iranian clerics have criticized President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for consoling Hugo Chavez's mother with a hug, a physical contact considered a sin under the country's strict Islamic codes.