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Iran sends second secret letter to Obama

By Tara Copp

Published February 14, 2015 12:56pm ET

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Iran sends second secret letter to Obama — In this picture released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a meeting with Iranian ambassadors in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader) | UNCREDITED

Iran’s Supreme Leader secretly sent President Obama a letter seeking a nuclear agreement in exchange for its help against the Islamic State, according to new reports.

The Wall Street Journal on Saturday reported on the existence of the letter, which would be the second secret letter Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has sent the president following an initial secret outreach in 2009.

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