Obama satisfies GOP Iran critics

It appears that President Obama's has finally satisfied some of his critics on Iran.

"I think the President did step up his criticism of the Iranian regime. I congratulate him for that and we need to keep the pressure up," House Minority Leader, Rep. John Boehner (R-OH),  told reporters Tuesday when asked about the President's latest remarks about the Iranian crisis.

At an afternoon press conference, the commander-in-chief sharpened his criticism of the Iranian regime and their attempt to quash demonstrations questioning the legitimacy of last week's election.

"The United States and the international community have been appalled and outraged by the threats, beatings and imprisonments of the last few days," the president said Tuesday, referring to the Iranian government's "unjust actions."

Obama has faced a lot of scrutiny from Hill Republicans in the last week who cast the President as too "timid" in showing support for Iranian protesters.

"(The President needs) to take real, strong action, make it clear he's not going to sit down with the Iranians until they begin to treat their people respectfully and that they're willing to stop their nuclear programs," Boehner said in an interview on Bloomberg News last week.

--Mosheh Oinounou