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    "title": "More, Please: Iran Cleric Pummeled by \u2018Badly Covered\u2019 Woman After Warning",
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    "html": "<p>Cleric: \"You cover yourself!\"  Woman: \"You cover your eyes!\"  Awesome. </p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>An Iranian cleric said he was beaten by a woman in the northern province of Semnan after giving her a warning for being \u00e2\u0080\u009cbadly covered,\u00e2\u0080\u009d the state-run Mehr news agency reported.</p>\n<p>Hojatoleslam Ali Beheshti said he encountered the woman in the street while on his way to the mosque in the town of Shahmirzad, and asked her to cover herself up, to which she replied \u00e2\u0080\u009cyou, cover your eyes,\u00e2\u0080\u009d according to Mehr. The cleric repeated his warning, which he said prompted her to insult and push him.</p>\n<p>\u00e2\u0080\u009cI fell on my back on the floor,\u00e2\u0080\u009d Beheshti said in the report. \u00e2\u0080\u009cI don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t know what happened after that, all I could feel was the kicks of this woman who was insulting me and attacking me.\u00e2\u0080\u009d</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Via <em><a href=\"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-19/iran-cleric-pummeled-by-badly-covered-woman-after-warning-her.html\">Iran Cleric Pummeled by \u00e2\u0080\u0098Badly Covered\u00e2\u0080\u0099 Woman After Warning - Bloomberg</a></em>.</p>\n"
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