Obama on the Iran election

"The United States and the international community have been appalled and outraged by the threats, the beatings, and imprisonments of the last few days. I strongly condemn these unjust actions, and I join the American people in mourning each and every innocent life that is lost."

— Obama, during his first news conference in the White House Briefing Room, remarking on the Iran election in which an overwhelming victory was declared for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad despite allegations of fraud on June 23, 2009.