President Barack Obama Saturday called on Iran’s government to “stop all violent and unjust actions against its own people,” the White House said amid swelling post-election tensions in the Islamic republic.
“We call on the Iranian government to stop all violent and unjust actions against its own people,” Obama said in a statement as he ramped up the tone of official Washington reaction to the violent unrest playing out in Tehran and other Iranian cities.
“The Iranian government must understand that the world is watching. We mourn each and every innocent life that is lost,” he added.
“The universal rights to assembly and free speech must be respected, and the United States stands with all who seek to exercise those rights.”
Obama also stressed that the Iran’s leadership “must respect the dignity of its own people and govern through consent, not coercion.”
The complete text of President Obama’s statement can be found here.
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‘NUANCED MESSAGE’
Obama appeared to send a nuanced message to opposition demonstrators hours after the Islamic republic’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei demanded an end to street protests.
On Saturday, clashes flared between regime militiamen and protesters as thousands of Iranians returned to the streets of Tehran in defiance of Khamenei’s ultimatum.
Despite assurances by top officials that Washington would not inject itself into the crisis, both houses of the US Congress voted to condemn violence against demonstrators by the government of Iran.
An administration official said that Obama “repeatedly met” in the White House Saturday with senior advisors to discuss the situation in Iran, where thousands clashed with police as they defied an ultimatum from supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for an end to protests over last week’s disputed presidential election.
Obama quoted Martin Luther King Jr in his statement, repeating the slain US civil rights leader’s phrase that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”
“I believe that. The international community believes that. And right now, we are bearing witness to the Iranian peoples’ belief in that truth, and we will continue to bear witness,” Obama said.
PROTESTS IN AMERICA
Green-clad protesters amassed in Los Angeles, New York and at the gates of the White House in Washington on Saturday, an echo of the mass uprisings that continue to convulse Iran.
Protesters expressed their solidarity with their Iran-based counterparts and called on the United States and President Barack Obama to “Stand with Iran,” as one placard put it.
Waving placards imploring Obama to “support us, the people,” protesters called for the June 12 elections — which the government claims was won by the incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — to be annulled.
Many protestors wore green, a color that has become symbolic of the campaign of Mir Hossein Mousavi, the opposition leader who claims he won the vote.
“Everybody (in Iran) is tired,” said a protester named Zohra who was in a crowd of hundreds demonstrating outside the White House. “They want freedom of speech, to pick up their own president.”
Another demonstrator, Babek Talebi praised Obama’s public handling of the crisis, which has seen the United States condemn violence against protestors, while trying to avoid the appearance of meddling in Iranian affairs.
“We are quite happy with the way the Obama administration has handled this issue until now,” said Talebi. “But we don’t want US politicians to make a political football with Iran,” he said. “Iran has changed for good, it’s not going to be the same.”
June 21st, 2009 at 8:18 am
“…….US Congress voted to condemn violence against demonstrators by the government of Iran.”
But yet Israel can still do whatever they want to the Palestinian people. Whether its going rambo in a Gaza zoo or simply bulldozing an Arab home. Let Iran deal with Iran!
If only the US people went this crazy when G W was miraculously re elected.
Bastet77 Reply:
June 21st, 2009 at 1:07 pm
dogg says.
Exactally! What damn hypocritical scum.
Former US Marine Reply:
June 21st, 2009 at 3:39 pm
If Iran would only have “FREE SPEECH ZONES” like we do in Zionist Occupied America all would be well. How bad do you think Americans would be beat into submission if they climbed over the “FREE SPEECH ZONE” fences?
Hey Obama, come suck my dick.
snarly Reply:
June 21st, 2009 at 7:21 pm
free speech zones were a bush thing
Elizabeth Reply:
June 21st, 2009 at 7:26 pm
That’s right! Next time *we* get an election stolen from us, we can’t be pussies and just whine about it. I am embarassed to watch these videos of these very brave people when I think about how none of us stormed the white house back in 2000 and 2004. I won’t go overseas to fight unjust wars as part of the military complex – but I am ready to die to defend our republic from a corrupt and treasonous government that has taken stranglehold.
June 21st, 2009 at 9:28 am
israel will be licking there chops at this.
June 21st, 2009 at 9:28 am
Pity he didnt say that six months ago, when the palastinians were being bombed into the stone age.
Oh, i forgot, he was on holidays…..buying icecream.
Bastet77 Reply:
June 21st, 2009 at 1:07 pm
and golfing…
Ashley Reply:
June 21st, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Thats because he wants this to happen. He is going to use the medias coverage of this event to get American citizens angry again, just like bush did with 9/11, so we will goto war with them.. didnt someone say he wanted to bomb Iran a long time ago? Hey, heres his chance to “be a savior” and help Iranians get their freedom. Its horrible that these people have to suffer and be killed because they want their freedom, yet Obama is going to use it as an excuse for war and more civilians will die.. fucked up world we live in.
June 21st, 2009 at 9:38 am
CIA and the black money (coupled with crooked British unsolicited consultency) does miracles all over the world. One can see from the recennt past elections in Canada, Germany and France. The most popular government of Jean Cretian ( and unfriendly to GWB) being replaced by Paul Martin and again replaced by Stephen Harper (a stooge of GWB), Shroder in Germany and Mitero in France being replaced by pro GWB candiadtes in the middle of hot and wide differences with USA on going to war against Iraq.
Iran has been a victim of this black money / blackmail since 1953, so there is nothing that can surprise any one any more.
The only point that one has to note is that, how the entire world is duped every time with same old tricks and yet the general mass do not realize that they are the ultimate victims in this David versas Goliat game of Money, Power and Corruption.
truth911 Reply:
June 21st, 2009 at 11:30 am
and god , i imagine, is getting pretty sick of these useless rich bastards to
June 21st, 2009 at 9:43 am
NONE of our government officials have room to talk concerning fixed elections. Its how they all got power. Whether that fix was just creating two Xerox copy manchurian candidates, or outside interference with our elections.
Our last legitimate President was John F Kennedy, and look what these traitors who usurped our government did to him. Kennedy WARNED us of this coup they were planning.
Here is a link to President Kennedy’s warning to our nation, right before he was murdered by hired assassins from the Federal Reserve Bank
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=related
June 21st, 2009 at 10:25 am
[...] of 2000 and 2004. At least that would explain how they still remain silent when their president waves his finger at Iran for having a rigged elections. Oh, and forget the fact that 400 million US dollars was poured into Iran (vive la recession) by [...]
June 21st, 2009 at 10:49 am
I just read the CIA has spent 400 million dollars of our money to overthrow the the government of Iran. Hey they just had a democratic election for god’s sake. This is just a replay of the method they have been using for decades. Let the illuminati spend their own money overthrowing democracies. At least that way we will be able to see it for what it is. State sponsored terrorism.
June 21st, 2009 at 10:57 am
I’m so not clear on what PP is getting at here with regards to Iran???
You would rather see a theocratic warmongering government in Iran that obviously has no respect for human rights or their own people? Would you like to see the peaceful protesters in Iran that are demanding a more accountable government get mowed over by Iranian tanks and tortured in their prisons????
What is with you guys????
truth911 Reply:
June 21st, 2009 at 11:28 am
do you really think our criminal ass useless government are helping any one but their useless criminal ass families! you are just blind if you cant see what they our useless criminal government are doing
Support peaceful demonstrations Reply:
June 21st, 2009 at 11:55 am
What exactly are they doing in regards to Iran: BE SPECIFIC.
THE IRANIAN people are standing up, and you sit on your soap box supporting a despotic Iranian government that will not even let them use the internet. Way to go freedom fighter!
Bastet77 Reply:
June 21st, 2009 at 1:11 pm
Nobody is supporting a dictator here. Its’s just that it’s not so black and white. The CIA did this exact shit back in 1953 to overthrow the Prime Minister. We always stick our big fat asses where it’s none of our damn buisness.
The Truth Teller Reply:
June 21st, 2009 at 6:46 pm
Do you know really what is going on on the ground ??
Well neither do I
I can only imagine and speculate just like you
Unless you were to go to ground zero and see for youself it is all lies and hearsey
Are you even really sure who cut off the Internet pipelines ???
How is the Iranian Gov despotic ??? Were you there ???
Why don’t you go to your FREE (sic) speech zone and do your peaceful demonstration (unlike Iran) and not be heard
I WISH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WOULD STAND UP AND FIGHT
Then we will see just how our ILLEGAL Gov will take it
I am sure it will be like the terrorists that they are with VIOLENCE
“Long Live The Republic”
Bastet77 Reply:
June 21st, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Mousavi is no saint. Check out his background. This stinks of CIA ops ans Mossad.
r Reply:
June 21st, 2009 at 2:33 pm
tool, Moosavi, the “opposition” candidate is as much an insider as Ahmadenijad, they are both controlled by the real leaders in Iran who cannot be voted out. all this coverage does is make naive people in this country more likely to support war or air strikes on Iran. why do you think all of our corrupt media is covering it so much? to rile up naive idiots like you. i feel bad for the protestors but they cant win either way sadly.
vic Reply:
June 22nd, 2009 at 9:56 am
Sad to say you are probably right. It is a loosing issue one way or the other, just like it was in USA government the left and the right both sleep together behind the scene so why would it not be the same elsewhere?
In Iran neither party truly controls it is only an illusion, they are creating chaos like you say just to give Amarica good conscience because they want to absolutly bomb IRAN like they did in IRAQ but they need public support otherwise the game is over for the war lords.9/11 was the spark to Iraq invasion now what is happening in Iran is the spark to attak IRAN in a near futur.
The woman who died in front of the camera shot in the head is a perfect example of convincing the people of the world that Iran must be punished. What better bitter and sad scenery than this video to get people to react?
As more and more evil killings are (controled media) exposed , more and more humans will preshure the governments to put an end to this madness.
Voilà, then they will bomb IRAN because the people are asking for it, or this is the hidden agenda backing the present near Iran revolution is being handle in my view.
Lets hope humans will be guided by wisdom?
I wish us all Peace in a better loving world. but to acheive this we must stop giving manistream media the control they hold over the people’s minds.
If we as a united species could UNite as ONE, we would show those who are trying to abuse humanity the game is over and all this peacefully who? simple but too few are still holding on to the material world we live in.Slaves to the controlers.
One peaceful way of doing it: lets all trash our television sets. unplug them at least and stop listening to the brain washing they are programing us with the television.
Are you brave and do you have the courage to try this? Only you can answer this question. All depends how a slave you are to the present capitalist system that has put a strangle hold on your bank accounts. Sceptic? just watch and see.
Peace and Love to all good humans of this planet.
June 21st, 2009 at 11:25 am
you fucking useless bastard government started it all
Support peaceful demonstrations Reply:
June 21st, 2009 at 11:56 am
Feel the love.
Support peaceful demonstrations? Reply:
June 21st, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Up your ass…
The Truth Teller Reply:
June 21st, 2009 at 6:50 pm
With a name like “Support peaceful demonstrations” you really fooled me
You kind of sound like a person who would enjoy inflicting torture on helpless people with comments like this
Support peaceful demonstrations Reply:
June 21st, 2009 at 11:07 pm
Dude, that was not me! Look at the question mark after his name, he was though directing that comment at me. Please read my other comments though – thanks!
June 21st, 2009 at 11:30 am
“The universal rights to assembly and free speech must be respected, and the United States stands with all who seek to exercise those rights.” ahhahahahahaha! thats a load of hog wash the double speak why is the usa a police state then? obama nation = abomi-nation
June 21st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
obama is a lying war criminal just like the entire us govt. Iran is where Russia drew the red line in the sand. They have repeatedly stated they will preemptively nuke us over Iran and they have put the hardware in place to do it.
This is the war of Armageddon and will see Russia, China and the SCO completely destroy America on 10-10-09, the same day as the next us/israhell false flag op using the nuke the neocons stole in ‘07.
You can know that it is now because of the sign in the heavens theyre hiding with their chemtrails every day globally. This is also the reason the govt is now classifying all asteroid events secret.
news and sources here:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/16612974/War-News
June 21st, 2009 at 12:40 pm
its ok 4 us to murder 3000 innocent people in our relentless drive for power
but god forbid you kill anyone!
if the cia kept its fucking nose out of countries business
this probably would not have happend
June 21st, 2009 at 12:56 pm
President Barack Obama Saturday called on Iran’s government to “stop all violent and unjust actions against its own people..
Oh ya tell everyone to stop all violent and unjust actions,but its ok to taser and beat the crap out of americans here at home for haveing a beer and walking home..
People !! We are dealing with some real sick people in office ..
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June 21st, 2009 at 1:11 pm
To say they are protesting because they are being led down a path of war, I don’t agree with. They gave an image of being strong and that actually prevented attack many times, even when the US contemplated the idea when they sent the huge naval task force off their shores. Now that this tormoil is going on, they are inviting foreignors to actually take advantage of them. Like Hyenas, UK, US, and Israel governments won’t pass up this opportunity. So now the whole middle east is being even more destabilized by losing one of the most stable nations in the region. (obviously not stable enough to prevent this crap)
Support peaceful demonstrations Reply:
June 21st, 2009 at 1:30 pm
This crap? Why don’t you move to this paradise on earth. You can check all of your rights in at the border when you enter the country. What the heck is with people? You only see enemies in your own backyard. Unfortunately, Iranian government is at least as corrupt as any other on the planet and far further behind in terms of laws so it lets them get away with a lot more. Why you don’t see that MILLIONS of Iranians are risking their LIVES to demand something better is beyond me. They are not even protesting for Moussavi, they are protesting a censoring, theocratic government that does not provide any transparency whatsoever into elections, media, court system.
They are fed up and they want something better, and here we sit in our ‘free’ countries complaining our governments are so terrible, so let’s support a government that completely represses the people and provides one of the shoddiest versions of ‘democracy’ on the planet.
Just wait til the shit hits the fan at home and then watch all the other people of the world use the same logic when you need their support. That’s not the way it should be.
Former US Marine Reply:
June 21st, 2009 at 5:37 pm
Millions? Try a few thousand protestors orchistrated by the CIA using their internet and cell phone system.
Hey IDIOT, how many of their own citizens did Iran’s government kill on 9/11?
Yes, today I prefer Iran’s government who knows who the enemy is… ZIONISM. Rather than our Zionist Occupied Government of traitors and war criminals.
Each country is a SOVEREIGN nation and their internal politics is none of your business. If another country tries interfeering in our elections we should destroy them, yet you want foreign interference in our Country? You are a complete idiot. If we have a civil war, you want the International Bankers from other countries taking sides and interfeering?
Why not tell us how many countries IRAN’s bad government has attacked in the last 30 years compared to the millions killed by USA.
Iran is more of a Democracy than America is. They DIRECTLY elect their leaders and even have a higher voter turn out then USA.
Iran has a conservative and religious government that abides by morality much more than our materialistic, sex pimped out, media propaganda war criminal, Zionist racist supporting nation of Jew run America. Ironically, something that Alex Jones and our Christians say they want here, a Christian Religious Country.
The Truth Teller Reply:
June 21st, 2009 at 6:54 pm
Beautifully said !!!!
Trolling for Dollars Reply:
June 21st, 2009 at 7:06 pm
So, How’s the weather in Tel Aviv Schlomo?
Support peaceful demonstrations Reply:
June 21st, 2009 at 11:36 pm
Dudes,
Isn’t there like some not so cool white supremacist and Nazi sites you should be hanging out at?
You pick the scape goat and you go get em boys. It worked for hitler right?
Trolling for Dollars Reply:
June 22nd, 2009 at 1:20 am
It might have worked for Hitler, but it won’t work for you. Be gone troll!
P.S. I was right wasn’t I?
BornAgainst Reply:
June 22nd, 2009 at 5:59 am
Hitler was an evil man….
and his dad was Jewish…
June 21st, 2009 at 2:05 pm
““The universal rights to assembly and free speech must be respected”"
Very good point
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June 21st, 2009 at 6:28 pm
Obama…Call off your CIA THUGS—AND THE VIOLENCE WILL STOP..
June 21st, 2009 at 6:29 pm
AMERIKA–stfu—gO CLEAN YOUR FILTHY NATIONS FIRST—START WITH THE DISTRICT OF CRIMINALITY..
June 21st, 2009 at 6:35 pm
Did anyone morn the dying innocent of IRAQ ?
It is hard to say what is realy going on in IRAN right now
Is this another false flag CIA operation trying to create inner fighting in IRAN ? or is it a dictator’s real face?
If the present president of IRAN is confident to win a new election why would he refuse to redoo the process??? Maybe because he knows the last elction was a fraud?
Who realy knows
June 21st, 2009 at 6:38 pm
By the way “Support peaceful demonstrations”:
Iran has a CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC
Israel has NO Constitution and is based on a religious Torah/Talmud
Democracy is a bullshit term that means MOB RULE. Our founding fathers were against Democray since it is bullshit and our Constitution could be voted out of existence.
Only idiots who have never taken an oath or pledge of allegiance to our American Republic dont know what a Republic vs Democracy is. Something our Zionist Media has been successful at brainwashing or dumbing down the idiots with.
What do you want a Zionist Jew/American puppet running Iran like the Shah Dictator we installed?
I wonder if you even know all the the LIES that our Media tells; 9/11, Holocaust Hoax, Moon Walk Hoax, AIDS Deception, USS Liberty etc….. Yet you think our Media magically tells the truth about what is going on in Iran now? You have a lot of growing up to do or you are a Jew plying your normal tradecraft of lies and deception to further your racist ideology.
June 21st, 2009 at 7:19 pm
never thought i’d agree with a marine, well said son
June 21st, 2009 at 8:33 pm
I thought the protests were just a front? Whats going on?
June 21st, 2009 at 9:10 pm
Sounds like we’re being set up to further justify their regime change when they get around to it. I doubt that what is really happening in Iran is close to how it’s being portrayed on US MSM propaganda.
June 21st, 2009 at 9:22 pm
Shut Up Nigger. They don’t care for your words.
June 21st, 2009 at 11:33 pm
Obama, stop the Violent Unjust actions of the International Banking Cartels, Stop letting foreigners handle our money. Audit and End the Fed.
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June 22nd, 2009 at 2:22 am
comeon guys, if ya cant beat em, join em…..better alive than dead eh
Matzo Man Reply:
June 22nd, 2009 at 6:41 am
‘Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”‘
- Patrick Henry, 1775
June 22nd, 2009 at 2:36 am
Hah, pot calling kettle …
June 22nd, 2009 at 6:35 am
No one says a thing about election fraud here in the U.S. where it is so common there is a popular blog about it:
http://www.bradblog.com/
And if he cares so much how come he didn’t mention any innocent civilians he has murdered in Afghanistan? That sounds like a double-standard to me. But I guess THEY DON’T MATTER.
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June 22nd, 2009 at 9:42 am
Who are the GOOD one’s and who are the bad guys?
One can only wonder in this madness what illusion is the good guys and what illusion is the bad guys? On one hand President Obama is playing the pacifist. Is it all only a big farce front?
When we all know the CIA has been sending operatives in many parts of the world to destabilise the local government example ( Chili) back in the 60’s). They are still doing it .
What do you think 9/11 was? then followed the Iraq invasion and another mass genocide Bush called it war agains’t the terrorists. Oh terror there is but one must ask himself who are the real true terrorists?
NOw President Obama with all the good will he might hold, might not control anything but his pants behind the scene. Why I say this? Since JFK was assassinated, The President seet has been a puppet position. When one thinks that the President of the USA cannot even set foot at Area 51 s-4 this says a lot.
The private bankers are the one’s who placed the current president of USA in position and he must comply to what they tell him to do. It is as simple as that.
May the light guide us safely to peace in a better loving world.
June 22nd, 2009 at 10:06 am
What hypocrisy! The U.S. government and local police authorities carry out extremely “violent, unjust” actions against completely non-violent, peaceful protestors in the U.S. all the time. But, when the “revolution” is to the benefit of the U.S. and “the West”, then government shouldn’t carry out adverse actions against the revolutionaries. Yet, if anyone tries to revolt and/or rebel against tyranny in the U.S., they are met with absolutely no mercy, and with unmitigated viciousness.
June 22nd, 2009 at 10:28 am
yeah, tell them to stop violence, but send our soldiers to die left and right. obongo can kiss this ass.