Obama expressing outrage at Iranian government’s crackdown against street protesters

September 22nd, 2009 Iranian leader offers to help in AfghanistanNEW YORK — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (ah-muh-DEE'-neh-zhahd) is expressing interest in cooperating to help stabilize Afghanistan but is blaming the United States for having created chaos in the war-torn country on Iran's eastern border. The Iranian leader told The Associated Press on Tuesday that there is no military solution to Afghanistan's problems.

September 22nd, 2009 Ahmadinejad tells AP he regrets protester deathsNEW YORK — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he regrets the deaths of protesters in the violence that followed his country's disputed presidential elections. But he denied that his government had any role in the killings.

September 17th, 2009 Iranian regime's forces warn opposition over rallyTEHRAN, Iran — The Iranian regime's elite Revolutionary Guard is warning opposition protesters against holding a new anti-government demonstration. Opposition activists have called for protests to coincide with government-sponsored demonstrations marking Quds Day, dedicated to condemning Israel and expressing support for the Palestinians.

July 31st, 2009 Iran blames foreign countries for protester deathsTEHRAN, Iran — The Iranian foreign minister is blaming foreign countries for the deaths of opposition supporters in Iran's post-election turmoil. Hundreds of thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets since the June 12 presidential election, claiming the vote was fraudulent.

July 16th, 2009 Media monitor: 7 photographers detained in IranPARIS — Media monitor Reporters Without Borders says seven photographers and a cameraman have been detained in Iran, most of them over the past week. The Paris-based group listed five Iranian photographers seized Saturday, nearly a month after the June 12 presidential elections that prompted a wave of opposition protests.

July 11th, 2009 Iranian-Americans rally in front of White HouseWASHINGTON — Hundreds of protesters, many of them Iranian-Americans, marched from Capitol Hill to the White House on Saturday, most holding Iranian flags and chanting demands for the U.S. to take more action after Iran's disputed election.

July 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - US officials have said that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged President Barack Obama for two days to toughen his language on Iran before he did so, and then was surprised when he condemned Iran's crackdown on demonstrators last week. At his June 23 news conference, Obama said he was "appalled and outraged" by Iranian behaviour and strongly condemned the violence against anti-government demonstrators.

June 26th, 2009 Protesters attack Iranian embassy in SwedenSTOCKHOLM — Demonstrators attacked the Iranian Embassy outside the Swedish capital Friday, throwing stones and trying to force themselves in, police said. About 150 protesters, some masked, rushed the embassy gates, but it was not immediately clear if any managed to get inside the building, police said.

June 26th, 2009 Obama: US, Germany condemn Iranian behaviorWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Friday the United States and Germany share "one voice" in condemning the Iranian effort to crush dissent. He said Iran's leaders cannot hide the "outrageous" behavior of clamping down violently on their people.

June 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The White House has announced that it has rescinded the invitations made to Iranian diplomats, which offered a chance to party down on July 4 with US officials at embassies around the world to celebrate America's Independence Day. "As you all know many weeks ago the administration extended an invitation to celebrate the freedom that this country enjoys.

June 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The Obama Administration sent a letter to Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling for an improvement in relations, prior to the June 12 disputed presidential elections, which were followed by massive people protests. Ayatollah Khamenei confirmed the letter toward the end of a lengthy sermon on Friday, in which he accused the United States of fomenting protests in his country in the aftermath of the disputed June 12 presidential election.

June 23rd, 2009 Obama questions legitimacy of Iranian electionWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is questioning the legitimacy of the disputed Iranian election that has triggered days of street protests. In a White House news conference Tuesday, he said it is impossible to know what happened at polling places during the June 12 election because there were no international monitors in place.

June 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama Tuesday accused Iranian officials of making the US a scapegoat in an attempt to distract the people from the debate and protests surrounding the country's presidential elections. Obama told reporters that the United States is "not at all interfering in Iran's affairs" and strongly condemned the beatings and imprisonment of protesters.

June 20th, 2009 Obama to Iran's leaders: Stop 'unjust' actionsWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Saturday challenged Iran's government to halt a "violent and unjust" crackdown on dissenters, using his bluntest language yet to condemn Tehran's postelection response. Obama has sought a measured reaction to avoid being drawn in as a meddler in Iranian affairs.

June 19th, 2009 Obama: Concerned by Iran supreme leader's remarksWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he is very concerned by the "tenor and tone" of comments by the Iranian supreme leader, who warned of a crackdown if protesters continue massive street rallies. In an interview taped Friday with CBS News' Harry Smith, Obama said that Iran's government should "recognize that the world is watching." He said that "how they approach and deal with people who are, through peaceful means, trying to be heard" will signal "what Iran is and is not." Obama spoke after a Friday address by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.