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Iran news agency reports Obama, Iranian FM shook hands at UN

By Associated Press
· Updated January 16, 2025 12:01 AM · 1 min read read
Iran news agency reports Obama, Iranian FM shook hands at UN

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian news agency says President Barack Obama and Iran's foreign minister shook hands when they ran into one another on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. Tuesday's report by the official IRNA agency quotes an unnamed diplomatic official as saying Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif came upon Obama "accidentally" and the two shook hands.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian news agency says President Barack Obama and Iran's foreign minister shook hands when they ran into one another on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. Tuesday's report by the official IRNA agency quotes an unnamed diplomatic official as saying Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif came upon Obama "accidentally" and the two shook hands.…

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