{"id":5038,"date":"2009-06-20T17:37:46","date_gmt":"2009-06-20T21:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=5038"},"modified":"2020-12-25T16:25:46","modified_gmt":"2020-12-25T21:25:46","slug":"president-obamas-iran-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/06\/20\/president-obamas-iran-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"President Obama&#8217;s Iran statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-size: 12px;font-family: inherit;vertical-align: baseline;color: #e08105;text-decoration: underline;cursor: pointer;padding: 0px;margin: 0px;border: 0px initial initial\" title=\"President Barack Obama during last year&#039;s campaign appearance at Wayne High School in Fort Wayne.\" rel=\"lightbox[Obama0120]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/President_Obama_Wayne_HS.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px initial initial\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/tPresident_Obama_Wayne_HS.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPresident Barack Obama during last year&#8217;s campaign appearance<br \/>\nat Wayne High School in Fort Wayne<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">For live blogging on this subject, visit The Daily Dish, by Andrew Sullivan. \u00c2\u00a0From the White House, posted today at 4:18 pm:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Martin Luther King once said &#8211; &#8220;The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.&#8221; I believe that. The international community believes that. And right now, we are bearing witness to the Iranian peoples&#8217; belief in that truth, and we will continue to bear witness.<\/p>\n<p>The President also\u00c2\u00a0addressed the situation with Iran in an interview yesterday with CBS&#8217;s Harry Smith(video available on CBS&#8217;s website).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier AFW post<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Barack Obama during last year&#8217;s campaign appearance at Wayne High School in Fort Wayne For live blogging on this subject, visit The Daily Dish, by Andrew Sullivan. \u00c2\u00a0From the White House, posted today at 4:18 pm: Related Images:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1450,962],"class_list":["post-5038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous","tag-iran","tag-us-president-barack-obama"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>President Obama&#039;s Iran statement - AroundFortWayne<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Barack Obama during last year&#039;s campaign appearance at Wayne High School in Fort Wayne For live blogging on this subject, visit The Daily Dish,\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/06\/20\/president-obamas-iran-statement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"President Obama&#039;s Iran statement - AroundFortWayne\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Barack Obama during last year&#039;s campaign appearance at Wayne High School in Fort Wayne For live blogging on this subject, visit The Daily Dish,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/06\/20\/president-obamas-iran-statement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"AroundFortWayne\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AroundFortWayne\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-06-20T21:37:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-12-25T21:25:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/tPresident_Obama_Wayne_HS.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"67slparker\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@TheAFWBlog\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@TheAFWBlog\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"67slparker\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/06\/20\/president-obamas-iran-statement\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/06\/20\/president-obamas-iran-statement\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"67slparker\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/60a1c82ca1de84bb660471939e6393b2\"},\"headline\":\"President Obama&#8217;s Iran statement\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-06-20T21:37:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-12-25T21:25:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/06\/20\/president-obamas-iran-statement\/\"},\"wordCount\":230,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/06\/20\/president-obamas-iran-statement\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/tPresident_Obama_Wayne_HS.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Iran\",\"U.S. President Barack Obama\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Miscellaneous\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/06\/20\/president-obamas-iran-statement\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/06\/20\/president-obamas-iran-statement\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/06\/20\/president-obamas-iran-statement\/\",\"name\":\"President Obama's Iran statement - AroundFortWayne\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/06\/20\/president-obamas-iran-statement\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/06\/20\/president-obamas-iran-statement\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/tPresident_Obama_Wayne_HS.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-06-20T21:37:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-12-25T21:25:46+00:00\",\"description\":\"President Barack Obama during last year's campaign appearance at Wayne High School in Fort Wayne For live blogging on this subject, visit The Daily Dish,\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/06\/20\/president-obamas-iran-statement\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/06\/20\/president-obamas-iran-statement\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/06\/20\/president-obamas-iran-statement\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/tPresident_Obama_Wayne_HS.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/tPresident_Obama_Wayne_HS.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/06\/20\/president-obamas-iran-statement\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"President Obama&#8217;s Iran statement\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"AroundFortWayne\",\"description\":\"News AroundFortWayne Indiana.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"AroundFortWayne\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AFW_logo_400.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AFW_logo_400.jpg\",\"width\":400,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"AroundFortWayne\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AroundFortWayne\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheAFWBlog\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/aroundfortwayne\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/aroundfortwayne\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCL2Biqou6j8uZ-TSxPa6aQ\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/60a1c82ca1de84bb660471939e6393b2\",\"name\":\"67slparker\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0249a34fbb7d86a3c14c6ed43adaf57e3dd6443bb0428d4ed5fc62860779bc3b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0249a34fbb7d86a3c14c6ed43adaf57e3dd6443bb0428d4ed5fc62860779bc3b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"67slparker\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/wptest\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/author\/67slparker\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"President Obama's Iran statement - AroundFortWayne","description":"President Barack Obama during last year's campaign appearance at Wayne High School in Fort Wayne For live blogging on this subject, visit The Daily Dish,","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/06\/20\/president-obamas-iran-statement\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"President Obama's Iran statement - AroundFortWayne","og_description":"President Barack Obama during last year's campaign appearance at Wayne High School in Fort Wayne For live blogging on this subject, visit The Daily Dish,","og_url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/06\/20\/president-obamas-iran-statement\/","og_site_name":"AroundFortWayne","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AroundFortWayne","article_published_time":"2009-06-20T21:37:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-12-25T21:25:46+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/tPresident_Obama_Wayne_HS.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"67slparker","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@TheAFWBlog","twitter_site":"@TheAFWBlog","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"67slparker","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/06\/20\/president-obamas-iran-statement\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/06\/20\/president-obamas-iran-statement\/"},"author":{"name":"67slparker","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/60a1c82ca1de84bb660471939e6393b2"},"headline":"President Obama&#8217;s Iran statement","datePublished":"2009-06-20T21:37:46+00:00","dateModified":"2020-12-25T21:25:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/06\/20\/president-obamas-iran-statement\/"},"wordCount":230,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/06\/20\/president-obamas-iran-statement\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/tPresident_Obama_Wayne_HS.jpg","keywords":["Iran","U.S. President Barack Obama"],"articleSection":["Miscellaneous"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/06\/20\/president-obamas-iran-statement\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/06\/20\/president-obamas-iran-statement\/","url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/06\/20\/president-obamas-iran-statement\/","name":"President Obama's Iran statement - AroundFortWayne","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/06\/20\/president-obamas-iran-statement\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/06\/20\/president-obamas-iran-statement\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/tPresident_Obama_Wayne_HS.jpg","datePublished":"2009-06-20T21:37:46+00:00","dateModified":"2020-12-25T21:25:46+00:00","description":"President Barack Obama during last year's campaign appearance at Wayne High School in Fort Wayne For live blogging on this subject, visit The Daily Dish,","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/06\/20\/president-obamas-iran-statement\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/06\/20\/president-obamas-iran-statement\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/06\/20\/president-obamas-iran-statement\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/tPresident_Obama_Wayne_HS.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/tPresident_Obama_Wayne_HS.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/06\/20\/president-obamas-iran-statement\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"President Obama&#8217;s Iran statement"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/","name":"AroundFortWayne","description":"News AroundFortWayne Indiana.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#organization","name":"AroundFortWayne","url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AFW_logo_400.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AFW_logo_400.jpg","width":400,"height":400,"caption":"AroundFortWayne"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AroundFortWayne","https:\/\/x.com\/TheAFWBlog","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/aroundfortwayne\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/aroundfortwayne\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCL2Biqou6j8uZ-TSxPa6aQ"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/60a1c82ca1de84bb660471939e6393b2","name":"67slparker","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0249a34fbb7d86a3c14c6ed43adaf57e3dd6443bb0428d4ed5fc62860779bc3b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0249a34fbb7d86a3c14c6ed43adaf57e3dd6443bb0428d4ed5fc62860779bc3b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"67slparker"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/wptest"],"url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/author\/67slparker\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5038\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}