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Obama Predicts Other Middle Eastern Countries Will Punish Iran

Susan Crabtree | October 13, 2011, 1:11PM

President Barack Obama

President Obama said Iran will pay a price for a plot to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States, arguing that the Iranian regime has increasingly alienated other countries in the Middle East.

"I have to emphasize that this plot is not simply directed at the United States of America," Obama said at a press conference with the South Korean president. "This is a plot directed at the Saudi ambassador...You're going to see folks throughout the Middle East region questioning their ability to work with Iran."

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