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Statement from the President on Iran
The Iranian government must understand that the world is watching. We mourn each and every innocent life that is lost. We call on the Iranian government to stop all violent and unjust actions against its own people. The universal rights to assembly and free speech must be respected, and the United States stands with all who seek to exercise those rights.
As I said in Cairo, suppressing ideas never succeeds in making them go away. The Iranian people will ultimately judge the actions of their own government. If the Iranian government seeks the respect of the international community, it must respect the dignity of its own people and govern through consent, not coercion.
Martin Luther King once said - "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.
You guys, I love our president so much.
Some more links for you guys:
Live Post #6 on ontd_political (current post as of now)
BBC Persia - obviously not in English, but they're showing live footage from Tehran.
These are the kind of atrocities that are taking place over there.
Today I'm wearing green ribbons on my wrist, since I'm out of green clothing :\ I also bought a window marker and wrote on my car: "I SUPPORT FREEDOM IN IRAN" on one side and "WHERE IS THEIR VOTE?" on the other.
Keep making noise about this, guys!
The Iranian government must understand that the world is watching. We mourn each and every innocent life that is lost. We call on the Iranian government to stop all violent and unjust actions against its own people. The universal rights to assembly and free speech must be respected, and the United States stands with all who seek to exercise those rights.
As I said in Cairo, suppressing ideas never succeeds in making them go away. The Iranian people will ultimately judge the actions of their own government. If the Iranian government seeks the respect of the international community, it must respect the dignity of its own people and govern through consent, not coercion.
Martin Luther King once said - "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.
You guys, I love our president so much.
Some more links for you guys:
Live Post #6 on ontd_political (current post as of now)
BBC Persia - obviously not in English, but they're showing live footage from Tehran.
These are the kind of atrocities that are taking place over there.
Click to viewToday I'm wearing green ribbons on my wrist, since I'm out of green clothing :\ I also bought a window marker and wrote on my car: "I SUPPORT FREEDOM IN IRAN" on one side and "WHERE IS THEIR VOTE?" on the other.
Keep making noise about this, guys!