President Obama: Up to Iran to determine its leaders

President Barack Obama says it’s up to Iran to determine its own leaders. But he also says he’s troubled by the situation in Iran and that it would be wrong to stay silent.

Obama says any investigation into Iranian election results must not result in bloodshed. It was the U.S. president’s first comments following the
disputed outcome of Iran’s presidential election in which President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad retained his post.

The results set off allegations of ballot fraud as well as a wave of violence and arrests in Iran. Obama’s remarks came at the end of an Oval Office meeting Monday with Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi.