Fight occurs in Iran's parliament

12:41 - 28 December 2011
Kurdpa - A fight occured today at an open meeting of the Iranian Parliament, Fars News reported.

President of Targeted Subsidies Organization Behrooz Moradi and Parliamentary member Hossein Hosseini started off with a word fight, which later turned into a fist fight.

Moradi first slapped Hosseini on the face, after that the officials managed to trade a few blows. Other members of the Iranian parliament rushed in and prevented the fight from going further.

After the raised tensions, Behrooz Moradi was excluded from the Parliamentary hall. Originally he was to present his notes on Article 12 of the Subsidies Law to the Parliament.