Historic phone call, then optimism for US, Iran
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Iranian president, his visit to the U.S. nearing its end, makes contact with the White House. As his car inches through New York's snarled traffic, he hears Barack Obama's voice on the phone as the U.S. president sits at his desk in the Oval Office. Fifteen minutes later, the two men say goodbye in each other's language. And with that, a generation-long rift between the U.S. and Iran is that much closer to being bridged. Iranians awoke Saturday to learn that their president, Hassan Rouhani, had spoken directly to ...
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