WORLD : Rafsanjani Thanks All but U.S.
President Hashemi Rafsanjani of Iran sent messages today to 98 world leaders thanking them for helping the victims of last month’s earthquake, but he left out the United States.
Iran’s official Islamic Republic News Agency said Rafsanjani thanked the leaders for their sympathy, financial contributions and material aid.
It listed 98 countries, Soviet republics, Arab emirates or U.N. agencies. But the United States, which Iran once called the “Great Satan,” was missing from the list.
The U.S. government and private American charities provided $760,000 in aid for the earthquake survivors.
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