German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed US President Barack Obama�s Internet message to the people of Iran, according to a secret National Security Agency (NSA) document published by WikiLeaks on Wednesday.



WASHINGTON (Sputnik)�� The top secret US surveillance report was based on�communications between�Chancellor Merkel and Crown Prince Shaykh Muhammad bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan of�the United Arab Emirates in�March 2009.
�The German leader� commented that this approach by�Washington represents a unique opportunity, one that all should work to�make successful.�


Obama�s Iranian New Year video message was probably intended primarily for�the people of�Iran, Merkel and Muhammad agreed in�the bugged conversation, according to�the US report.

�In Merkel's opinion, the Iranian leadership may have been concerned that the message was beamed directly to�people over�the Internet, compelling it to�send its own message.�

Muhammad agreed with�Merkel that Obama�s Internet communications initiative offered an opportunity chance to �break the ice between�the Iranians and the West,� the report quoted him as�saying.

The WikiLeaks files follow recent revelations of�Merkel�s discussions with�former French president Nicolas Sarkozy on�the Greek economic crisis, as�well as�her private conversations with�a personal assistant and other top German ministers and experts over�several years.

They also follow the April 2015 revelations of�Germany�s BND intelligence service spying on�residents in�the European Union, including in�Germany, at�the behest of�the NSA.

By Sputnik