Rouhani Receives Call From Obama

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and US President Barack Obama have held a telephone conversation as Rouhani was wrapping up his visit to New York for the 68th annual session of the UNGA.

Rouhani received the call from Obama on Friday as he was in a car heading to the John F. Kennedy International Airport to fly back to Tehran, IRNA reported.
The two Presidents stressed Tehran and Washington’s political will to promptly resolve the West’s dispute over Iran’s nuclear energy program, stressing the importance of cooperation on different regional issues.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his American counterpart John Kerry have been commissioned to follow up talks between the two countries.
“Just now, I spoke on the phone with President Rouhani of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The two of us discussed our ongoing efforts to reach an agreement over Iran’s nuclear program,” Obama announced.

“I’ve made clear that we respect the right of the Iranian people to access peaceful nuclear energy in the context of Iran meeting its obligations. So the test will be meaningful, transparent and verifiable actions, which can also bring relief from the comprehensive international sanctions that are currently in place,” he added.
The phone conversation is the first direct communication between the Iranian and US presidents since Iran’s Islamic Revolution of 1979.