February 16, 2006

• Iranians turn on Danish pastries in cartoon row…

  Iranians turn on Danish pastries in cartoon row

  
  Wed Feb 15, 9:09 AM ET

  TEHRAN (Reuters) – Not content with pelting European
  embassies with petrol bombs to protest against cartoons of the
  Prophet Mohammad, Iranians have decided to rename the “Danish
  pastries” relished by this nation of cake lovers.

  From now on, the sweet, flaky pastries which dominate the
  shelves in

  
  
  
  
  

  Iran‘s cake shops will be known as “Roses of the
  Prophet Mohammad,” the official IRNA news agency reported as
  pressure on Denmark over the cartoons took on a new dimension.

  “No one is allowed to make fun of our beloved and respected
  Prophet,” Hassan Nasserzadeh, a cake-shop owner in central
  Tehran, told Reuters.

  The pastries are baked every day and are not imported or
  subject to any boycott of Danish goods imposed over the
  cartoons.

  The Iranian move had echoes of the verbal food fight set
  off by restaurants in the U.S. House of Representatives which
  renamed “French fries” and “French toast” as “Freedom fries”
  and “Freedom toast” after France refused to back the U.S.-led
  invasion of

  
  
  
  
  

  Iraq in 2003.

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