Unrelated Dispatches from Tehran
Funny, this didn’t make the New York Times:
A portrait of President George W. Bush using monkeys to form his image has led to the closure of a New York art exhibition over the weekend and anguished protests over freedom of expression.
But then, neither did this:
An official said the Iranian tourism industry suffers from lack of publicity and called for advertising Iran’s tourist attractions worldwide.
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The official pointed out that according to a World Trade Organization report, mistreatment of foreign tourists has been acknowledged by 70 to 80 people whereas satisfactory treatment of tourists is only endorsed by 10 people.
Perhaps said official should be less concerned with advertising than with entertaining the handful of tourists he’s got. Put the fatwahs and the genital mutilations on the DL, ixnay the public stonings, and then worry about building display ads for Conde Nast Traveler.
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