Iran prez pays $1500 for dining with him

September 26, 2011 14:23

Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is not only known for changing his clothes only once a week, but for offering 1500 dollars to guests to dine with him. Last Tuesday, he did this at New York Warwick hotel.

And, he's done so for years during his annual trips to New York to address the United Nations. "He pays you to come," said an Iranian woman who was among a group of protesters outside the hotel and declined to be identified.

The guests, a selection of prominent expatriates, attended the low-key affair at the Warwick's Murals on 54 restaurant, which was closed the entire week for Ahmadinejad's use.

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