Bolton: Obama Is ‘Desperate’ To Get a Deal with Iran; May Sign a Bad Deal This Month

President Obama has reportedly inked a secret letter to Iran’s leaders about cooperating to fight ISIS and reaching a deal

Obama Wrote Secret Letter to Iran’s Khamenei About Fighting Islamic State (The Wall Street Journal)

President Barack Obama   secretly wrote to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the middle of last month and described a shared interest in fighting Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, according to people briefed on the correspondence.

The letter appeared aimed both at buttressing the campaign against Islamic State and nudging Iran’s religious leader closer to a nuclear deal.

Mr. Obama stressed to Mr. Khamenei that any cooperation on Islamic State was largely contingent on Iran reaching a comprehensive agreement with global powers on the future of Tehran’s nuclear program by a Nov. 24 diplomatic deadline, the same people say.

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