Iran's foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki abruptly left a dinner where he was to sit opposite US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, complaining that a red dress worn by an entertainer was too revealing, a US official said on Friday.
US officials said Mottaki complained to his Egyptian host the red dress worn by a Russian violinist was offensive. "I am not sure which woman he was afraid of, the woman in the red dress or the secretary of state," said State Department spokesman Sean McCormack of the incident.