The United States joins with the international community in strongly condemning the violent and unjust suppression of innocent Iranian civilians, which has apparently resulted in detentions, injuries and even death.
Obama condemns the Iranian government's crackdown on protesters.
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And I will fight for that, even if I don’t always think it’s going to win.
When we choose, when we make that decision, I do believe – and there is evidence for this – that the world gets incrementally better, and that is a worthy goal and it’s worth fighting for.
Because if this becomes the new normal, there’s no reason to believe it will stop with her — or that future presidents, in either party, won’t do the same.
It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can’t selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say.
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