Obama says he has spoken by phone with Iranian leader By Washington Examiner September 27, 2013 12:00 am FacebookTwitterEmailPrint Add Washington Examiner on Google FacebookTwitterEmailPrint President Obama said this afternoon that he had spoken with Iran’s president — the first contact between the two nation’s top leaders since 1979 — and says he thinks the two men can reach a deal on Iran’s nuclear program. TagsNews Alert Related Content Infrastructure Trump releases remaining $127 million after ‘illegal’ freezing for NY-NJ Gateway Tunnel In Focus Rubio’s tour de force in Munich Business Netflix faces consumer lawsuit as Warner Bros. merger scrutiny mounts Campaigns Bernie Sanders heads to California to rally support for the billionaire wealth tax Healthcare Trump NIH director Jay Bhattacharya to take over at CDC