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IT WAS JUST A 15-MINUTE PHONE
CALL, BUT ONE THAT WAS 34 YEARS
IN THE MAKING.
>> THE VERY FACT THAT THIS WAS
THE FIRST COMMUNICATION BETWEEN
AN AMERICAN AND IRANIAN
PRESIDENT SINCE 1979 UNDERSCORES
THE DEEP MS. TRUST BETWEEN OUR
COUNTRIES, BUT ALSO INDICATES
THE PROSPECT OF MOVING BEYOND
THAT DIFFICULT HISTORY.
>> Reporter: THE PROSPECT OF
REACHING AN AGREEMENT ON IRAN'S
NUCLEAR PROGRAM SEEMED OUT OF
REACH JUST WEEKS AGO.
>> WHILE THERE WILL SURELY BE
IMPORTANT OBSTACLES TO MOVING
FORWARD AND SUCCESS IS BY NO
MEANS GUARANTEED, I BELIEVE WE
CAN REACH A COMPREHENSIVE
SOLUTION.
>> Reporter: A SENTIMENT ECHO
THE BY PRESIDENT ROWHANI, WHO
TWEETED WORD OF HIS CALL WITH
OBAMA BEFORE THE PRESIDENT
CONFIRMED IT.
ROWHANI ENDED A WEEK-LONG CHARM
OFFENSIVE IN NEW YORK WITH THE
PROMISE TO SUBMIT A PLAN ON
IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM BY NEXT
MONTH.
>> I ASSURE YOU ON THE IRANIAN
SIDE, THIS WILL IS THERE FULLY
100% THAT IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD
OF TIME THERE WILL BE A
SETTLEMENT ON THE NUCLEAR ISSUE.
>> Reporter: WHERE THERE IS NOT
SETTLEMENT IS SYRIA, BUT THE
U.S. CAN TOUT DIPLOMATIC
PROGRESS ON THAT FRONT AS WELL.
TONIGHT, THE U.N. SECURITY
COUNCIL IS EXPECTED TO VOTE ON A
RESOLUTION TO REMOVE OR DESTROY
ALL OF SYRIA'S CHEMICAL WEAPONS,
A DEVELOPMENT PRESIDENT OBAMA
TODAY CALLED, QUOTE, A HUGE
VICTORY.
>> THIS BINDING RESOLUTION WILL
ENSURE THAT THE ASSAD REGIME
MUST KEEP ITS COMMITMENTS OR
FACE CONSEQUENCES.
>> Reporter: MILITARY ACTION,
HOWEVER, IS NOT PART OF THE U.N.
RESOLUTION.
IN FACT, NO SPECIFIC SANCTIONS.
IF SYRIA DOES NOT COMPLY, THE
SECURITY COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO
VOTE AGAIN, OR THE U.S. ACT ON
ITS OWN, A STEP PRESIDENT OBAMA
HAS SO FAR AVOIDED.
THE TWO PRESIDENTS SPOKE THROUGH
AN INTERPRETER, THOUGH PRESIDENT
ROWHANI BID FAREWELL IN ENGLISH,
SAY HAVE A NICE DAY, AND
PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID GOOD-BYE
WITH A FARSI FAREWELL.
ALL OF THESE DETAILS THROUGH
ROWHANI'S TWITTER FEED.
THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE NEXT
MONTH AT THE POLITICAL DIRECTOR
LEVEL, BUT A SENIOR
ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL SAID
DON'T EXPECT REGULAR INTERACTION
BETWEEN THE PRESIDENTS.
CLEARLY A SPECIAL DAY.
>> EARLIER THEY EXCHANGED
LETTERS, NOW A PHONE CALL.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
IT'S INTERESTING THAT SUSAN RICE
SAID IT WAS AN IRANIAN
INITIATIVE, THEY SENT WORD
THROUGH A CHANNEL THAT THE
PRESIDENT OF IRAN WOULD LIKE TO
SPEAK WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES ON HIS WAY TO THE
AIRPORT, AND THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES SAID, OKAY,
I'LL CALL HIM.
>> I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE THAT
THE IRANIAN PRESIDENT SAID ALL
THE DISAPPOINTMENT TO THE
HANDSHAKE NOT HAPPENING AND THE
QUESTIONS, REALLY DOES HE HAVE