According to the New York Times, the officials declined to describe the unusual contact between the two governments, and whether there had been an Iranian reply.
EP/PA
END
MNA
Publish Date: 14 January 2012 - 20:36
TEHRAN, Jan. 14 (MNA) – The New York Times, citing U.S. government officials, claimed on January 12 that the Obama administration has sent a secret message to Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei warning that closing the Strait of Hormuz is a “red line” that would provoke an American response.