President Obama Address To News Conference in Washington

President Barack Obama addressed the crisis in Iran during a news conference in Washington on Tuesday:
President Obama condemned Iran’s aggressive response to the mass protests that have swept the country after its contested elections, saying that the United States and the international community “have been appalled and outraged” by the intimidation, beating and detention of peaceful demonstrators.
“I’ve made it clear that the United States respects the sovereignty” of Iran, he said. “But we must also bear witness to the courage and the dignity of the Iranian people, and to a remarkable opening within Iranian society. And we deplore the violence against innocent civilians anywhere that it takes place.”
He also said that comments by Iranian officials blaming the United States, Britain and other Western nations for inciting the protests were “patently false” and a “tired strategy to use old tensions to scapegoat other countries” that will not work.
“Those who stand up for justice are always on the right side of history,” he said.