Iranian Elections

[Lemur]

Wait... this wasn't public knowledge until now?

It's one thing for it to be "public knowledge," and quite another for the President of the United States to attest to it in a formal setting.

For a contrary example, the Armenian Genocide is "public knowledge," but you aren't going to hear a Turkish Prime Minister acknowledge it in your lifetime.

These distinctions, while relatively meaningless to us, mean a lot to the aggrieved parties. It looks as though the President's take on how to approach Iran was clever in the extreme.

[Kadagar_AV]

It's one thing for it to be "public knowledge," and quite another for the President of the United States to attest to it in a formal setting.

True, you got me.

There ARE a lot of things that are public knowledge but that the President of the United States would never attest to in a formal setting.

My bad!

[Dutch_guy]

True, you got me.

There ARE a lot of things that are public knowledge but that the President of the United States would never attest to in a formal setting.

My bad!

Probably so, just like it is for pretty much any modern day nation. Don't forget that.