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November 7, 2008

Iranian President Congratulates Obama on Election Win
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has written Obama a congratulatory
letter following his election win. It’s the first time since the 1979
Iranian revolution that an Iranian leader has congratulated the winner
of an American presidential election. Obama has pledged to meet with
Iranian leaders without preconditions. In his letter, Ahmadinejad
suggests Iran would be open to talks with the United States in
accordance with previous overtures that the Bush administration ignored.
Ahmadinejad also writes that he hopes “the unjust actions of the past 60
years will give way to a policy encouraging full rights for all nations,
especially the oppressed nations of Palestine, Iraq and Afghanistan.”



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