Tehran senior cleric: Iran, US must cooperate to end sanctions
A senior Iranian cleric urged Washington and Tehran on Friday to "join hands" to end sanctions, local media reported, underlining the support of Iran's influential religious establishment for President Hassan Rohani's diplomatic offensive.
Rohani made overtures to the West last week during a visit to the UN headquarters in New York and then spoke by telephone with US President Barack Obama in the highest-level contact between the two countries since 1979. (Reuters)
