Cika wannan jumla: Bayan da ake jayayya
A zaben shugaban kasa na watan Yunin 2009 na Iran, Obama ya yi Allah wadai da matakin da gwamnatin Iran ta dauka kan 'yan adawa na kungiyar Green Movement ta Iran, kungiyar masu zanga-zangar neman dimokiradiyya. Obama ya bayyana cewa: "muna mutunta ikon mallakar Iran kuma muna son kauce wa Amurka ta zama batun a cikin Iran, amma "Ina matukar damuwa da tashin hankalin da nake gani a talabijin. Ina tsammanin tsarin dimokiradiyya <unk> 'yancin magana, ikon mutane na nuna rashin amincewa cikin lumana <unk> duk waɗannan dabi'u ne na duniya kuma suna buƙatar girmamawa. " Bayan da aka kai karin tashin hankali ga masu zanga-zangar, Obama ya ce: "Amurka da kasashen duniya sun firgita kuma sun fusata da barazanar, duka da kurkuku na 'yan kwanaki da suka gabata" kuma sun yi Allah wadai da "waɗannan ayyukan rashin adalci". Wasu masu sukar, ciki har da abokin hamayyarsa na yakin neman zaben shugaban kasa na 2012, Mitt Romney, sun zargi Obama, suna cewa ya kamata ya yi ƙarin don tallafawa Green Movement. Wasu kuma ba su yarda ba, suna mai cewa Kungiyar Green Movement ba ta bukatar ko son tallafin kasashen waje kai tsaye, kuma suna jayayya cewa goyon bayan Amurka kai tsaye ga 'yan adawa na Iran zai iya "rushe amincinsa, kuma watakila ma ya ba da tabbaci ga da'awar gwamnati cewa wannan motsi makirci ne da kasashen waje suka yi wahayi zuwa wanda zai kwace wa Iran' yancin kai. "