U.S. Left Out of Iran’s ‘Thank You’ Messages
<i> Associated Press</i>
NICOSIA, Cyprus —
Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani sent messages Monday to 98 world leaders thanking them for helping the victims of last month’s earthquake--but he left out the United States.
The U.S. government provided $760,000 in aid for the earthquake survivors, according to the State Department, with private American groups sending $4 million.
Also missing from the list were Saudi Arabia and Iraq, both of which sent aid.
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