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If ever there was a reason to understand why patriotism and maybe even a little populism might not be a bad thing:
Former Iran president pens lengthy open letter to Trump | Daily Mail Online
Iran's former hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent a letter Sunday to President Donald Trump, striking a somewhat conciliatory tone while applauding immigration to America and saying it shows 'the contemporary U.S. belongs to all nations.'
It isn't the first dispatch sent by Ahmadinejad, who has counted U.S. Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama among his pen pals.
But this letter, weighing in at over 3,500 words, comes as criticism of Trump over his travel ban affecting seven Muslim-majority countries including Iran mounts in Tehran.
It also may serve to burnish Ahmadinejad's image domestically after the nation's Supreme Leader warned him not to run in Iran's upcoming May presidential election.
Read more: Former Iran president pens lengthy open letter to Trump | Daily Mail Online
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Former Iran president pens lengthy open letter to Trump | Daily Mail Online
Iran's former hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent a letter Sunday to President Donald Trump, striking a somewhat conciliatory tone while applauding immigration to America and saying it shows 'the contemporary U.S. belongs to all nations.'
It isn't the first dispatch sent by Ahmadinejad, who has counted U.S. Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama among his pen pals.
But this letter, weighing in at over 3,500 words, comes as criticism of Trump over his travel ban affecting seven Muslim-majority countries including Iran mounts in Tehran.
It also may serve to burnish Ahmadinejad's image domestically after the nation's Supreme Leader warned him not to run in Iran's upcoming May presidential election.
Read more: Former Iran president pens lengthy open letter to Trump | Daily Mail Online
Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook