Iran has played down the US President Barack Obama's new video message to the Iranian people, saying it welcomed the overtures but warned that decades of mistrust can't easily be erased.
Obama released the video to coincide with the major Iranian festival of Nowruz, a 12-day holiday that marks the arrival of spring and the beginning of the new year in Iran.
But Iran's leaders did not make any reference to the video message on Friday during televised New Year messages.(www.hXen.com)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the year was full of achievement and honour for the Iranian nation, and said the world powers had reached a "total dead-end" in their policies.
"The inefficiency of the international organisations was revealed and the world powers have reached a total dead-end. Dead-end of theory, management and performance."
It wasn't clear how many Iranians were able to see Obama's video message, which was not aired on state television in Iran.
A number of Tehran residents gave mixed reactions a
