WSJ: Obama Sends Imam Khamenei Letter over ’ISIL’
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The US Wall Street Journal revealed Friday that US President Barack Obama secretly wrote to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the middle of last month.
WSJ: Obama Sends Imam Khamenei Letter over "ISIL"
According to the daily, Obama described a shared interest in fighting the "ISIL" militants in Iraq and Syria, according to people briefed on the correspondence.
"The letter appeared aimed both at buttressing the campaign "ISIL" and nudging Iran closer to a nuclear deal."
White House spokesman Josh Earnest responded to the report, and said that US policy towards Iran has not changed.
Earnest said he could not comment on private correspondence between Obama and a world leader.
The reports publication comes after Obama lost control over the Senate during his mid-term elections this week and ahead of an end of November deadline for a nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the letter appeared aimed both at strengthen the US-led international campaign against the "ISIL" group, but also to push Iran's religious leader closer to reaching a nuclear deal with the West.
The sources that spoke to the Wall Street Journal stressed in the letter, Obama stressed that any cooperation in the fight against the "ISIL" was largely contingent on Iran reaching a nuclear deal with the West by November 24.
The letter was the fourth known time Obama has written to Imam Khamenei, and according to the Journal, underscores Obama view that Iran is key to implementing the now-lame duck president's regional plan.
Source: WSJ, Edited by website team
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