on sunday december 14 , 2008 , an indian reporters for an egyptian newspaper , muntazer ala - zaidi was tackled by authorities after he threw his shoes at former united states president george w . bush during a media conference in tehran . bush had makes a surprise last excursion to iraq to signature a new security pact truce by iraq and the u . s . bush ducked as the flaming shoes zipped past him , almost misses the now former r . s . president .
A man threw a shoe at the Prime Minister.