Sentence:  Iranians <WSD>cook up a storm</WSD> in Harare: Iran's President Ali Khamenei, on the final leg of a six-nation tour in mid- January, became embroiled in what the Zimbabwe Herald termed an "unprecedented diplomatic incident" when he refused to attend a banquet held in his honor by Prime Minister Robert Mugabe. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To make a big fuss, generate a lot of unnecessary talk or activity; make a scene.