Google – AFP, 27 Sep 2013
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US
President Barack Obama speaks to members of the press in the briefing
room of
the White House September 27, 2013 in Washington (AFP,
Brendan Smialowski)
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Washington
— US President Barack Obama and Iran's President Hassan Rouhani spoke by phone
on Friday in the historic first direct contact between leaders of their two
nations since the Islamic revolution of 1979.
The call,
which came after the two leaders failed to have meet at the UN General Assembly
in New York, provided dramatic evidence of an unprecedented opening in
relations between the Islamic Republic and a foe it has reviled as the
"Great Satan."
"Just
now, I spoke on the phone with President Rouhani of the Islamic Republic of
Iran," Obama said in a televised statement.
"The
two of us discussed our ongoing efforts to reach an agreement over Iran's
nuclear program," Obama said.
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
answers questions in New York,
September 26, 2013 (AFP,
Emmanuel Dunand)
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Washington
and Israel have both warned of the possibility of military action if diplomacy
fails to assuage their concerns over the nuclear program.
The Iranian
presidency confirmed the telephone call between Obama and Rouhani.
"The
two insisted on political will for quick resolution to the nuclear issue, as
well as paving the ground for resolving other issues and cooperation in
regional issues," the presidency said on its website.
A Twitter
account run by Rouhani's office also gave details of the call.
"In
phone convo, President Rouhani and President @BarackObama expressed their
mutual political will to rapidly solve the nuclear issue," one tweet said.
Another
tweet paraphrasing Rouhani read: "I express my gratitude for your
#hospitality and your phone call. Have a good day Mr President."
Obama
meanwhile even apologized for the traffic in New York, according to a Rouhani
tweet, in a startling sign of the new tone in relations between the two
longtime enemies.
The call
took place after pathbreaking bilateral talks Thursday between Secretary of
State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif at the UN, on the
sidelines of wider discussions on the nuclear program between Iran and major
world powers.
Rouhani
earlier continued his charm offensive in New York, a trip which set the next high
level talks on the nuclear program next month.
He said in
a press conference that Iran would present a plan at the talks in Geneva to
resolve concerns over its nuclear program and vowed never to deviate from
promises to the West.
"Iran
will prepare that plan and will present it in Geneva. We hope it will serve as
an even more effective step to settle the nuclear issue," Rouhani said.
Rouhani
said he hoped to resolve the nuclear row in a "short period of time,"
a day after his foreign minister said that major powers had set a goal of a
deal within one year.
The
soft-spoken cleric swept to power in June, succeeding the firebrand Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad, on promises to ease tensions over Iran's nuclear program, which
has triggered a crippling US-led campaign of sanctions on Iran.
Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who meets Obama on Monday at the White
House, has branded Rouhani a "wolf in sheep's clothing."
Israeli
officials frequently cite Rouhani's past remark that Iran moved ahead with work
on a uranium enrichment site in Isfahan while he served as nuclear negotiator a
decade ago.
Rouhani
rejected the allegations of duplicity, saying he had openly told European
officials that Iran would complete the Isfahan facility and had cooperated with
the UN atomic agency.
"We
have never chosen deceit as a path. We have never chosen secrecy," Rouhani
told the news conference.
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