Reporting from Washington -- President Obama today condemned the ongoing government crackdown on Iranian demonstrators, using his strongest language yet, but declined to spell out consequences for the violence, saying there is still time for officials in that country to respect universal "norms and principles" of freedom.

Obama particularly deplored the shooting of a young Iranian woman during a protest, horrific images of which were captured by a cellphone camera and broadcast around the world in the last 48 hours.

Read the whole story on Los Angeles Times or try our Toolbar
Bookmark and Share

Related stories from top sites:

  • Obama fires back at Iranian regime

    Jun 22nd, 2009 - Freep.com

    WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's criticism of Iran escalated Friday into an unusually personal war of words. To Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's demand that he apologize for meddling...

  • Obama assails Iran crackdown

    Jun 22nd, 2009 - Philly.com

    WASHINGTON - President Obama yesterday condemned the Iranian government's crackdown, saying the United States had been "appalled and outraged by the threats, beatings...

  • Iranian women stand up in defiance, flout rules

    Jun 22nd, 2009 - CNN

    (CNN) -- A young Iranian woman named Neda is gunned down in one of the most iconic images of the last week. Another walks down the street, defiantly showing off her hair and body in a revealing dress...

  • ANALYSIS - Iran's Neda shows citizen journalism unleashed

    Jun 22nd, 2009 - Reuters

    LONDON (Reuters) - Youtube frames of 'Neda', a young Iranian woman whose face is engulfed in blood, are a horrific image of what some are calling the Tehran spring. They also show the genie unleashed by citizen journalists.

  • Family, friends mourn Iranian woman who died on video

    Jun 22nd, 2009 - Los Angeles Times

    Reporting from Tehran -- The first word came from abroad. An aunt in the United States called her Saturday in a panic. "Don't go out into the streets, Golshad," she told her...

More stories ...

Leave a Reply

Comment moderation is enabled. Your comment may take some time to appear.