Iran behind the headlines

JAIME J. YAMBAO

OBSERVING that while the global media are focused on Iran these days, much of the news does not necessarily allow one a good and true understanding of a country with which the Philippines has had friendly relations continuously for so long, the Philippine Ambassadors Foundation Inc. (PAFI) recently chose to invite the Ambassador of Iran for the second installment of its Middle East Forum for Peace and Development. Ambassador Mahommad Tanhaei did not disappoint his audience, which included PAFI members who had served as Philippine ambassadors in Teheran, as he gave a serious, credible perspective on his country