Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s English-language Twitter account sent out this message just before sunset, Tehran time, wishing Jews a happy Rosh Hashanah, which is the Jewish new year and begins at sundown:
As the sun is about to set here in #Tehran I wish all Jews, especially Iranian Jews, a blessed Rosh Hashanah. pic.twitter.com/tmaf84x7UR
While the message itself is remarkable (maybe), the fact that the President of a country, and evidently other leaders in Iran, post messages to Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and so on, is amazing. Who could possibly have predicted such things?
I make no comment about whether the sentiments were sincere or not, the fact that such communications exist, and the fact that the leaders in many countries feel a need to participate is a dramatic change.