Obama Reacts To The Video Of An Iranian Demonstrator’s Death
When asked during a press conference Tuesday if President Barack Obama had seen a recently released viral video portraying the shooting of a young Iranian demonstrator by an alleged Basiji militiaman, the President responded that he had. He described the video as “heart breaking” and said that it shows something fundamentally unjust (0:17)
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