Pars Today
Parliamentary polls in the Caucasus nation of Georgia have begun amid a bitter rivalry between two pro-Western parties led by two influential men, one of whom is an official of another country and the other not formally in politics.
Pope Francis has held a mass in a largely empty stadium in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, as the majority of officials with the Orthodox Christian Church in the country had allegedly asked followers not to attend the event.
Iran has provided more details on a small contract that it has sealed to export natural gas to Georgia – a project that could expand the energy reach of the Islamic Republic in Central Asia.