Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I muri i te pōtitanga peresideni Iranian 2009 Hune tautohetia
I roto i tana whakaaturanga i te marama o Hōngongoi, i whakahe a Obama i te whakaekenga a te kāwanatanga o Irana ki te hoariri o te Iranian Green Movement, he rōpū o ngā kaiwhakaatu pro-temokaraiti. I kii a Obama: "E whakaute ana matou i te mana o Iran me te hiahia ki te karo i te United States hei take i roto i a Iran, engari" He tino raruraru ahau na te tutu i kite ahau i te pouaka whakaata. Ki taku whakaaro ko te tukanga ā-iwi - te kōrero noa, te āhei o te iwi ki te whakahē ā-hau - he uara ā-ao whānui ēnei katoa, ā, me āta whakaute". I muri i te kaha ake o te riri ki nga kaikorero, ka kii a Obama: "Kua whakamataku te United States me te hapori o te ao me te riri ki nga whakawehi, nga whiu me nga herehere o nga ra kua hipa" ka whakaputa i te whakahe kaha mo "ngā mahi he". Ko etahi o nga kaiwhakawhiwhi, tae atu ki tana hoa whawhai mo te perehitini o te tau 2012, ko Mitt Romney, i whakahe i a Obama, e kii ana me nui ake tana mahi ki te tautoko i te Green Movement. Ko etahi atu kaore i whakaae, e kii ana kaore te Green Movement e hiahia ana, e hiahia ana ranei ki te tautoko tuuturu mai i tawahi, me te kii ko te tautoko tika a te US mo te whakahee a Iran ka "whakaheke i tona pono, a, ka hoatu pea he pono ki te kii a te kawanatanga ko te nekehanga he kaupapa whakaaweawe ke-whenua ka tahae i a Iran tona mana motuhake. "