Breaking News: President Obama Converses With Iranian President, Hassan Rohani On Phone!!!

Should I say that history was made today, Friday, when president Obama broke the news that he had a telephone conversation with Iranian president Hassan Rohani. 

President Obama said - "the phone call marked the first communication between the U.S. and an Iranian leader since 1979." "The path to a meaningful agreement will be difficult, but there is a unique opportunity to make progress with the new government in Iran."

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President Rohani -  said earlier Friday that Obama struck a new tone in his UN speech this week that left him optimistic about easing tensions between the two countries. "The recent elections that propelled me to the Iranian presidency created a "new environment" that could pave the way for better relations with the West." 

"The atmosphere (in Iran-U.S. ties) is quite different from the past," Rouhani told a news conference on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, a day after the highest-level talks between the United States and Iran in a generation. "Our goal is the shared interest between the two nations. Our goal is resolving problems, our goal is step-by-step creating trust between the governments and peoples." 

The Iranian president also said he hoped nuclear talks with the United States and other powers "will yield, in a short period of time, tangible results." 

[source: haaretz.com]