U.S. Contacted Iran's Ayatollah Before Election ; Administration Overture to Khamenei Ridiculed in Sermon
The Washington Times › June 24, 2009
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Prior to this month's disputed presidential election in Iran, the Obama administration sent a letter to the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling for an improvement in relations, according to interviews and the leader himself.
Ayatollah Khamenei confirmed the letter toward the end of a lengthy sermon last week, in which he accused the United States of fomenting protests in his country in the aftermath of the disputed June 12 presidential election.See the full content of this document
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U.S. Contacted Iran's Ayatollah Before Election ; Administration Overture to Khamenei Ridiculed in Sermon
U.S. officials declined to discuss the letter on Tuesday, a day in which President Obama gave his strongest condemnation yet of the Iranian crackdown against protesters.
An Iranian with knowledge of the overture, however, told The Washington Times that the letter was sent between Ma...See the full content of this document
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