News of a deal reached with Iran over its nuclear program broke quickly Saturday night. In a sign of the times, Iran’s president favorited a tweet by Iran’s foreign minister announcing the deal.
We have reached an agreement.
— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) November 24, 2013
Social media politics 🙂 RT @passantino: Iran’s president favs foreign minister’s tweet on nuclear deal http://t.co/c1FrAg3xf1
— Eli ??✊? (@elicitizen) November 24, 2013
No un-favoriting now
"@passantino Iran’s president favs foreign minister’s tweet on nuclear deal http://t.co/BWUKMUhrnO"
— Reviewer #2 (@famaramaMBBS) November 24, 2013
We live in interesting times. RT @passantino Iran’s president favs foreign minister’s tweet on nuclear deal http://t.co/kgsV3hKtGE
— Politics & Education (@PoliticsAndEd) November 24, 2013
Twitter as a medium of diplomacy https://t.co/xbv1newOKR @passantino
— Stephen Pampinella (@StevePampinella) November 24, 2013
President Obama will give an official statement at 10:15 p.m. announcing the deal.
Breaking: Tonight at 10:15PM ET, POTUS will deliver a statement on Iran from the State Dining Room. Watch at http://t.co/Sv7Q3AhVVj
— Obama NSC- Archived (@NSC44) November 24, 2013
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Pres Obama is to make a statement on the Iran nuclear deal unfolding in Geneva in a White House appearance at 10:15 pm
— Steve Holland (@steveholland1) November 24, 2013
https://twitter.com/chrisalbon/status/404436550357757953
Politico’s Mike Allen credits Twitter for breaking the news.
Twitter breaks the news, per WashPost app: “We have reached agreement between E3+3 and Iran,” an EU spokesman said in Twitter posting.
— Mike Allen (@mikeallen) November 24, 2013