White House: Obama ‘moved’ by images of protests in Iran

September 10th, 2009 Whu: Iranian leader unlikely to go to Obama eventWASHINGTON — The White House says it's unlikely Iran's leader will be invited to a reception President Barack Obama will host in New York later this month. The reception for world leaders will take place during the United Nations General Assembly meeting.

August 9th, 2009 White House: Iran confirms 3 US hikers in custodyWASHINGTON —The White House says Iran has confirmed it has three American hikers in custody. The Americans strayed into Iran while hiking in the mountains of Kurdish territory in neighboring Iraq.

July 20th, 2009 Obama news conference moved to 8 p.m. WednesdayWASHINGTON — The White House says President Barack Obama's news conference on Wednesday will begin at 8 p.m.

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 9th, 2009 L'AQUILA, Italy — The White House says it is counting on Brazil to help convince Iran that it must keep its nuclear activities peaceful. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters that President Barack Obama noted Brazil's close trading ties with Iran when he met Thursday with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

June 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama has said that prospects for a dialogue with Iran have been dampened by the brutal government crackdown on the opposition following the nation's disputed presidential election. Addressing a joint news conference at the White House Friday after a bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Obama called for an end to the deadly attacks against Iranians.

June 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Iran Friday to end violence against protesters and underscored their commitment to prevent the Islamic state from developing a nuclear weapon. Merkel called the crisis playing out on the streets of Iran "horrifying", while Obama refused to give in to Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's demand for an apology for allegedly interfering in the elections and subsequent mass protests.

June 24th, 2009 White House defends use of blogger's questionWASHINGTON — The White House on Wednesday denied that it planted question about Iran from a left-leaning Web site at a presidential news conference this week. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said there was nothing inappropriate in how an administration official phoned the Huffington Posts' Nico Pitney and suggested President Barack Obama might take a question from him if he came prepared with one submitted to the reporter from someone inside Iran.

June 23rd, 2009 Obama defends Iran policy against GOP criticsWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is answering Republican critics of his cautious response to the violence following the disputed election in Iran. Obama told reporters at the White House that he believes all Americans, including his critics on Capitol Hill, want justice to prevail in Iran.

June 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US criticised the Iranian government for using violence against tens of thousands of protesters that are railing against the country's election, the White House said Friday. "The violence is being conducted by the government," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said, adding that President Barack Obama "has been clear in underscoring and deploring the violence".

June 17th, 2009 White House disputes meddling charge by IranWASHINGTON — The White House is shrugging off complaints from Iran that the United States has meddled in its affairs. Spokesman Robert Gibbs said Thursday that President Barack Obama has struck the right tone in commenting about Iran's presidential election dispute in Iran.

June 15th, 2009 US pointman on Iran to move to White HouseWASHINGTON — The Obama administration's pointman on Iran is moving from the State Department to the White House to better coordinate inter-agency policy on the Persian Gulf region, U.S. officials said Monday.

May 11th, 2009 White House praises release of journalist in IranWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is praising the release of American journalist Roxana Saberi from a jail in Iran. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Monday that the administration continues to stress that Saberi was wrongly accused, "but we welcome this humanitarian gesture." The 32-year-old dual Iranian-American citizen was released Monday after four months in jail.

May 5th, 2009 Israeli president: US approach to Iran OK for nowWASHINGTON — Israeli President Shimon Peres offered a cautious endorsement of new U.S. overtures to Iran following a longer-than-expected White House meeting with President Barack Obama.