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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/world/middleeast/21nowruz.html
Obama Offers Engagement in Video Message to Iranians
(New York Times) Helene Cooper - President Obama delivered his second message to the Iranian people for the festival of Nowruz, which marks the Iranian New Year, releasing a video on Saturday in which he again offered Iran's leaders engagement with the U.S. But he tempered his offer for dialogue with a threat of international sanctions if Tehran did not rein in its nuclear ambitions. "You have refused good faith proposals from the international community," he said, adding, "Faced with an extended hand, Iran's leaders have shown only a clenched fist....We know what you're against; now tell us what you're for."