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    Former Republican presidential candidate John McCain yesterday urged him to state clearly that the officially declared victory for Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was illegitimate. "He should speak out that this is a corrupt, fraud, sham of an election. The Iranian people have been deprived of their rights. We support them in their struggle against a repressive, oppressive regime and they should not be subjected to four more years of Ahmadinejad and the radical Muslim clerics" Mr McCain said. The White House fears that any official US expression of support for the opposition in Iran could be used by Mr Ahmadinejad to portray his opponents as acting under foreign influence. Full Article at Irish Times
    He should speak out that this is a corrupt, fraud, sham of an election. The Iranian people have been deprived of their rights. We support them in their struggle against a repressive, oppressive regime and they should not be subjected to four more years of Ahmadinejad and the radical Muslim clerics
    John McCain – John McCain SOURCE: Irish Times 5 months ago
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US must be careful not to 'meddle' with Iran - Obama
  1. We weren’t on the ground. We did not have observers there. We did not have international observers on hand, so I can’t state definitively one way or another what happened with respect to the election
    SOURCE: Irish Times 5 months ago
  2. Those are core interests not just to the United States but I think to a peaceful world in general.
    SOURCE: Irish Times 5 months ago
  3. What I will repeat and what I said yesterday is that when I see violence directed at peaceful protesters, when I see peaceful dissent being suppressed, wherever that takes place, it is of concern to me and it’s of concern to the American people. That is not how governments should interact with their peo...
    SOURCE: Irish Times 5 months ago

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