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Ever since the fraudulent Iranian elections of June 2009, the increasingly desperate Islamic regime has blamed America for the ensuing protests and turmoil. As human rights conditions in Iran have worsened considerably, many are looking to the United States to speak out more forcefully on the crisis, while others caution against that move.

According to one view, condemning Iran's human rights abuses would be counterproductive for it would be seen as interfering; feeding the mullahs' bogus portrayal of the unrest as U.S.-instigated. Others argue that U.S. silence is more damaging, and that the Obama administration should speak out in order to take a moral stand, apply pressure and show solidarity with the Iranian people.

History plays a key role here: ghosts of past U.S. intervention remain, and are conveniently exploited by the Islamic regime to distract from its own brutal behavior.

"Now, it's not productive, given the history of U.S.-Iranian relations, to be seen as meddling—the U.S. President meddling in Iranian elections", said Barack Obama on June 16, 2009, acknowledging past U.S. transgressions. "What I will repeat and what I said yesterday is that when I see violence directed at peaceful protestors, when I see peaceful dissent being suppressed, wherever that takes place, it is of concern to me and it's of concern to the American people. That is not how governments should interact with their people."

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