But not to worry about the little girls that were being molested, it was just a a cultural misunderstanding: The Iranian embassy in Brazil rebutted the accusations, saying: "The accusation leveled against the Iranian diplomat is only a misunderstanding arising from differences in cultural attitudes."
The Wall Street Journal article called it "fondling", but the UK papers called it "child molestation" and "child abuse".
An Iranian diplomat is facing child abuse allegations in Brasilia after angry parents at a local swimming pool accused him of fondling girls between the ages of 9 and 15.
The diplomat was arrested by Brazilian police at the weekend shortly after the incident but his diplomatic immunity secured his immediate release.
The diplomat who has remained unnamed by the police rejected the accusations. The swimming pool officials, however, named him Hekmatollah Ghorbani, according to a press report. It is unclear whether he has left Brazil.
The Brazilian foreign minister, Antonio Patriota, reacted to the news by describing the allegations as "unacceptable" and "very disturbing". (Guardian UK)
One comment at the WSJ is interesting:
- Sassan Darian Wrote:
How sad... after all, in Iran under the Islamic Republic, 9-year old girls can be forced off into marriage. 9 years of age without court permission and 12 without... and this is all for the hooligan and perverted Mullahs as the Iranian people don't engage in such perverted child molestation activities. It is NOT part of our culture but rather the culture of the pervert Mullahs. The same type of Mullahs who rape our young sisters before execution through "Sighes" or "temporary marriages" so that they don't "die as virgins" as "virgins go straight to heaven".
No not a cultural misunderstanding, an attack on little girls.
What a creep. May he rot.
Posted by: Jenny the Pirate | April 23, 2012 at 01:05 PM
No wonder since committed by Islamic rulers of Iran, because they have on many occasions done horrendous things in cold blood. Among other cultural attitudes, they have proudly executed tens of thousands of Iranian citizens, wasted a huge part of Iran's wealth on their holy war against Iraq with a lot of fatalities but no winner, were involved in numerous cases of embezzlement involving mind-boggling sums of money, ...
Posted by: Iranian Citizen | April 24, 2012 at 08:23 AM
I would remind all that Islam... is an ancient culture, and Allah's Apostle (Mohammed) married little Aisha at 6 yrs, and consummated at nine. - reb
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