Daniel noted a few days ago that, while the EU has ramped up aid to Georgia, U.S. efforts have got much more publicity. But there are others in the aid game:
Iran’s first convoy of relief supplies for the displaced people of the Georgian city of Gori was delivered to the city’s officials on Monday. Iran’s Embassy in Tbilisi announced that the Islamic Republic’s humanitarian supplies including canned food, flour, cooking oil, sugar, tea leaves, and biscuits, was delivered to a camp of thousands of the victims of the recent conflict in the city of Gori.
Who knew? Press TV, Iran’s faux CNN, missed the story. As would have I, had the BBC not inspired me to hunt through Iranian websites to find this press release.
The Music Office of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance denied the news pertaining live concert of Irish singer Chris de Burgh in Tehran. According to the report, no official request in this regard has been submitted to Music Office yet, adding that no permit has been issued. The Music Office also urged the mass media to make sure of the authenticity of any report before releasing it. Chris de Burgh is a world-famous musician and singer who was selected as a UN Ambassador to promote food campaign initiatives against malnutrition.
An inauthentic Chris de Burgh concert in Iran should not, however, be ruled out. At least one impressionist has plans for a “new world order”:
[Youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu6uMDfBN88]
UPDATE: check out this wonderful footage of Chris in Iran in May.
