Ayatollah was not amused
NZPA-Reuter Bonn Iran has expelled two West German diplomats in reprisal for a satirical television programme that depicted its revolutionary leader receiving gifts of women’s underwear. There were fears in Bonn that the row over the comedy show, broadcast on Sunday, might hamper efforts to win the release of two West Ger-
mans held hostage in Beirut by Shi’ite Muslims who are believed to heed Iran. West German Government sources yesterday confirmed a report by the Iranian official news agency 1.R.N.A., which said the two diplomats had been ordered to leave Teheran within three days. The programme, a mock television news
broadcast, showed genuine news clips of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeiny celebrating the eighth anniversaiy of the Islamic Revolution, mixed with fake footage of him being handed bras and panties. A West German Foreign Ministry spokesman said yesterday that Iran had closed its consulates in Frankfurt, Hamburg and West Berlin until further notice.
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