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Summary
President Hussein Obama prepares to videotape a [message for the Iranian people, White House file photo, released 19 March, 2009.

The message was created to coincide with Nowruz, a major Iranian festival that marks the arrival of spring and the beginning of the new year and lasts 12 days. It was broadcast from the United States via Tapesh, a Farsi-language satellite TV service and was superimposed with Farsi subtitles.

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