Posted on 09/28/2013 9:09:29 AM PDT by lbryce
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani tweeted historic news on Friday afternoon before quickly deleting it. Then, minutes later, he tweeted about the conversation again.
The screenshot below shows Rouhani's initial tweet, a sentence fragment that indicates he had just spoken on the phone with U.S. President Barack Obama. This was the reportedly the first communication between American and Iranian presidents since 1979.
Minutes after, the tweet had disappeared from Rouhani's Twitter stream, leaving many questioning its veracity. Only minutes later, Obama confirmed the phone conversation in a press conference and said he had spoken with the Iranian leader.
"The very fact that this was the first communication between an American and Iranian president since 1979 underscores the deep mistrust between our countries, but it also indicates the prospect of moving beyond that difficult history," he said.
Here's a photo of Obama during the phone call taken by White House photographer Pete Souza.
Historic phone call in the Oval Office: Pres Obama talks w Iran Pres Hassan Rouhani this afternoon pic.twitter.com/5EZSOdBouD
After Obama made the announcement, Rouhani became a bit more loose-lipped, expanding upon their interaction on Twitter. Rouhani, who assumed office in August, is known for his moderate policies compared to those of his predecessor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. His apparent adoption of social media as a communication tool only underscores this.
According to a report in The Guardian, the Rouhani administration sees Internet censorship as "futile" and has been trying to lift the ban on Twitter, Facebook and other sites restricted in Iran.
Last week, Iran briefly unblocked Twitter and Facebook for the first time since 2009. The sites were re-blocked just a day later, however, and the government claimed the incident was a "technical glitch."
Twitter has yet to verify Rouhani's account, but today's events seem to have independently confirmed its legitimacy.
So what sort of convoluted, cockamamie alibi will they come up with next, when the call first reported about to happen on twitter was eventually deleted?? Obama, you've gotten your fudge-packed rear-end punted through the political goal posts once again. LOL. It's getting tougher by the day for America's rear-ended, derelict Community Leader. Ouch!
A certain illegal alien has deployed the great USAF for the last 4 yaers to defending the Islamofascist nuclear missile factories in Iran.
So, “what difference does it make” if they talk (they are OBVIOUSLY in very, very, VERY close communications anyway to work together so completely for so long...)
Obama will play golf this weekend convinced that with a few tweets and a “historic” conversation, the problems with Iran’s nuclear ambitions are in the past. Israel is truly alone. Can you imagine the vapid conversation he will have with Netanyahu on Monday?
Why don’t those guys just get it over and play “kissy-face”?
Obie is all excited. Wait until he finds out its all about sanctions....before they even talk about nukes.
He denies a face-to-face. Obama crawls to him over the phone. Who has the upper hand?
why am i NOT surprised... 
I now don’t even believe there WAS a phone call.
New article in the guardian is saying there WAS no raid to kill Bin Laden..he already had been dead. And yes, I could believe that too. these people lie and lie. I don’t believe ANYTHING THEY SAY.
Incidentally, Mohammed mother's name is Amina (that was one of the quizzes the terrorists in the Kenyan mall quizzed the hostages in deciding who would live or die).
HEY! Stop criticizing Bathhouse Barry. Jimmuh Carter groveled almost as much and we know how well that turned out /sarc
First of all, Rhouani speaks no English. An eight minute phone call would be 2 minutes since each “speak” would have to be translated. It’s a farce.
Good Lord...I fear for this country because of the level of uneducated morons in this country is tipping the scales.
the terrorists’ second question is that you must name all of Mo’s wives, in order of course...
otherwise you die
The bin laden raid was as authentic as the imposters birth certificate. Amazes me how not even one news source asked for any proof and reported the incident as fact given that nothing out of this administration is remotely truthful.
I guess I am coming late to this party...about the deniability of the Bin Laden raid.
where is the body? where are the real time, dated videos if they watched in real time?
And what is this sea burial about?
Not to mention almost all of seal team that was supposed to have conducted the raid were killed in a single helicopter crash. The alleged killing of bin laden happened the day after the imposter released the second fake birth certificate upon pressure from Donald Trump. If GWB would have claimed the killing of bin laden after the Afghanistan bombing campaign (which probably happened) the media would have referred it to the “alleged” death instead of stating it as an absolute fact without any proof.
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