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US condolences

January 03-2014

The mother of Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif died December 27.  The State Department’s Farsi-speaking spokesman, Alan Eyre, extended official condolences on his Facebook page and by Twitter.  He wrote that he learned of Efat Kashani’s death with the “deepest regret.”  Eyre’s message is a rare—and perhaps unique—use of social media to communicate with a foreign official.

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