Dubai Police on Sunday blocked Iranian protesters from signing a petition against Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Dubai-based National newspaper reported.
Some 100 Iranian had gathered to sign a green banner in protest to the recent events in Iran following the disputed 12 June presidential election.
However, police stopped them from putting their signatures on the banner, telling them that they were forbidden from sending official petitions from United Arab Emirates soil, as Iran and the UAE have diplomatic ties.
The protesters are seeking to create the longest scroll made out of cloth, by joining it with other green banners being signed by protesters around the world, which state “Ahmadinejad is not Iran’s president.” >>>
