"I cannot shake your hand, sir. I'm a Muslim and you're a man"
I haven't read this article Oorang, but I have read of incidents like this before online.
It is shocking.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=iran
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1771035/posts
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/21/newsid_2506000/2506807.stm
JANUARY 21, 1981
"1981: Tehran frees US hostages after 444 days"