The State Department strongly rejected claims that the U.S. was interfering in the disputed June 12 election, pointing out that diplomats from other countries had also been summoned. “I suspect we are in good company. As the president has said, we are not interfering in the debate that Iranians are having about their election and its aftermath,” said State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley. “This is not about the United States.”
For those on the left who think that this administration’s response to the Iranian crackdown has been pitch perfect, perhaps the description of events inside Iran as a “debate” is a bridge too far?
