Mohammad Khatami President of the Islamic Republic of Iran

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On Tuesday, June 29th, 2004, I received a packet from the Interests Section of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Washington, D.C. (for those who have been living under a rock, the U.S. and Iran have not had diplomatic relations since 1979, hence there is no Iranian Embassay in D.C.). The packet included information about the Republic and an autographed picture of President Khatami that I requested in August 2003.

The letter was in English, translated from Urdu (you would think it would be Farsi, but the Embassay of Pakistan wrote it), and President Khatami autographed his picture in his native Farsi.