Iran mad at Rushdie's knighthood
Just look at Khomeini! (Who is dead, of course, but always looked mad, so fits this story well; as well as the fact that the ayatollah issued the fatwa against Salman Rushdie in 1989 for "The Satanic Verses.")
The Iranian government's response to Rushdie being knighted for his contributions to literature:
"Honouring and commending an apostate and hated figure will definitely put the British officials [in a position] of confrontation with Islamic societies. This act shows that insulting Islamic sacred [values] is not accidental. It is planned, organised, guided and supported by some Western countries."
This, of course, after Iran held a bunch of British sailors hostage and paraded them on TV in cheap suits, has been arming Iraq militants, has been arming the Taliban, is working on the destruction of Israel, is fast-forward on its "peaceful" nuclear program, and is basically doing its best to screw up any part of the world it can get its hands on.
And how could they not have enjoyed Rushdie's great cameo in "Bridget Jones's Diary"?