Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I te wāhanga o ngā patu karihi o te kōrero, i kī a Obama, "I waenganui o te Pakanga Makariri, i whai wāhi te Hononga o Amerika ki te whakahekenga o tētahi kāwanatanga Iranian i kōwhiria ā-iwi". Koinei te whakaaetanga tuatahi a tētahi Perehitini o U.S. ki te whai wāhi o te kāwanatanga o U.S. ki te 1953 Iranian coup d'état
; ahakoa i whakaaetia e te Hekeretari o te Kawanatanga o Madeleine Albright i roto i tana korero i te tau 2000.