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Barack Obama: “The rights of the Iranian people to assemble, to speak freely, to have their voices heard, those are universal…”

On the recordJune 25, 2009
The rights of the Iranian people to assemble, to speak freely, to have their voices heard, those are universal aspirations.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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The President's News Conference With Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany

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