happy 1388!

happy nowruz...from president obama?
that's right.



aaand those would be subtitles in farsi.

reaction has been mixed, but it's worth noting the contrast to bush's last nowruz message. now that's some saavy bridge-building, and culturally sensitive diplomatic manuevering circa 2000-2008...woof.

what a difference a year makes.

update: from my farsi-fluent friend june's blog, a quick rundown of iranian blogosphere reaction.