Obama Announces Historic Phone Call With Iranian President Rouhani

Iranian President Hasan Rouhani speaks at his first press conference since taking office at the presidency compound in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013.
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President Barack Obama announced Friday a historic phone conversation he had with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, a moderate, the first such conversation between leaders of the two nations since a diplomatic fallout in 1979.

‘The two of us discussed our ongoing efforts to reach an agreement over Iran’s nuclear program,” Obama said at a press conference at the White House. “I reiterated what I said in New York. While there will surely be important obstacles to moving forward and success is not guaranteed, I believe we can reach a conference of solution.”

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