Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I te Pipiri 26, 2009, i whakautu a Obama ki nga mahi a te kawanatanga o Iran ki nga kaiwhakaatu i muri i te pooti perehitini o Iran i te tau 2009
e mea ana: "He mea whakarihariha te tukino i mahia ki a ratou. E kite ana mātou, e whakahe ana". I a ia i Moscow i te Hurae 7, i whakautu ia ki te korero a te Tumuaki Tuarua a Biden mo te whakaeke hoia a Iharaira ki a Iran ma te kii: "Kua korero tika matou ki nga Iwi o Iharaira he mea nui ki te tarai me te whakatau i tenei i roto i te taiao o te ao i roto i te huarahi e kore e hanga i te pakanga nui i te Middle East. "