Obama reaches out to Iran

Nov 4th, 2009 - Boston

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President Obama, trying to use diplomacy to defuse the standoff with Iran over its nuclear program, today marked the 30th anniversary of the event that ruined relations with the US -- the hostage crisis at the US embassy in Tehran.

"This event helped set the United States and Iran on a path of sustained suspicion, mistrust, and confrontation," Obama said.

In his statement, Obama said he is reaching out to the Iranian regime, but it must now respond in kind for relations to improve.

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