Maybe the Jewish New Year really has ushered in the positive change it’s supposed to represent. Over the past few days, Iran’s new president, Hassan Rouhani, and foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, took to Twitter to wish the world a happy Rosh Hashanah
thanks for warm welcome to twitter. hope to be able to #interact & stay in touch.
— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) September 4, 2013
As the sun is about to set here in #Tehran I wish all Jews, especially Iranian Jews, a blessed Rosh Hashanahpic.twitter.com/tmaf84x7UR
— Hassan Rouhani (@HassanRouhani) September 4, 2013
The messages are a sizable departure for the adamantly anti-Israel country, which also has the largest Jewish population of any Muslim country in the Middle East, and some are treating their content — and the politicians’ mere presence on the democratizing social media site — as a beacon of hope. Read more…
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