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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/529/un.mp3' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='I Will Work With Putin and Iran, Obama Tells UN' data-article-id='858'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='13810'>Speaking at the United Nations, President Barack Obama said he is willing to work with Russia and Iran to end the war in Syria. </span> <span data-start-time='13810' data-end-time='32812'>“The United States is prepared to work with any nation, including Russian and Iran, to resolve the conflict, but we must recognize that there cannot be, after so much bloodshed, so much carnage, a return to the pre-war status quo.”</span> <span data-start-time='32812' data-end-time='37029'>He said that compromise will be required. </span> <span data-start-time='37029' data-end-time='46122'>Mr. Obama called for “a managed transition” away from Mr. Assad, to a new leader. </span> </p><p><span data-start-time='46122' data-end-time='56190'>While President Obama called Syrian President Bashar al-Assad “a tyrant,” Russia’s president praised him. </span> <span data-start-time='56190' data-end-time='65238'>President Vladimir Putin says Mr. Assad is the only legitimate government in Syria.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='65238' data-end-time='76984'>The Russian leader warned that it would be an “enormous mistake” not to cooperate with the Mr. Assad’s government in fighting ISIS. </span> <span data-start-time='76984' data-end-time='83787'>He called for a “broad coalition” to fight the Islamic State. </span> <span data-start-time='83787' data-end-time='95941'>Mr. Putin said it would be much like the “anti-Hitler” alliance that defeated Germany and Nazism in World War II.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='95941' data-end-time='106916'>Russia recently began a military build-up in Syria, supporting Mr. Assad with military equipment.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='106916' data-end-time='116599'>Mr. Obama also says the U.S. will continue to go after ISIS, also known as ISIL. </span> <span data-start-time='116599' data-end-time='131429'>He adds: “I have said before and I will repeat: There is no room for accommodating an apocalyptic cult like ISIL, and the United States makes no apology for using our military, as part of a broad coalition, to go after them. </span> <span data-start-time='131429' data-end-time='139002'>We do so with adetermination to ensure that there will never be a safe haven for terrorists who carry out these crimes.”</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='139002' data-end-time='152063'>By going after al Qaeda for more than 10 years, Mr. Obama says the U.S. shows it “will not be outlasted by extremists.”</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='152063' data-end-time='162562'>Presidents Obama and Putin gave their speeches at the United Nations, before they were to sit down face to face.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='162562' data-end-time='171519'>When speaking to the General Assembly, Mr. Obama praised the recent nuclear deal made with Iran. </span> <span data-start-time='171519' data-end-time='177302'>He said the economic sanctions worked against Iran.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='177302' data-end-time='187483'>“The Iranian people have a proud history, and are filled with extraordinary potential, but chanting death to America does not create jobs.”</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='187483' data-end-time='194717'>Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spoke at the U.N. after the U.S. president. </span> <span data-start-time='194717' data-end-time='203039'>He praised the nuclear agreement as a “brilliant example of ‘victory over war.’”</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='203039' data-end-time='206803'>But he had strong words against the U.S. </span> <span data-start-time='206803' data-end-time='218095'>He said the roots of the today’s wars and terrorism is the fault of previous U.S. military actions in the Middle East.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='218095' data-end-time='234240'>“If we did not have the U.S. military invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq, today the terrorists would not have an excuse for the justification of their crimes,” he charged.</span> <span data-start-time='234240' data-end-time='246848'>President Rouhani says Iran is “prepared to assist in the eradication of terrorism and in paving the way for democracy.” </span> <span data-start-time='246848' data-end-time='257188'>He adds that Iran is prepared “to help bring about democracy in Syria and also Yemen.”</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='257188' data-end-time='263968'>President Obama’s speech also touched other themes, including Ukraine. </span> <span data-start-time='263968' data-end-time='272200'>He criticized Russia for annexing, or taking over, Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula. </span> <span data-start-time='272200' data-end-time='280340'>He also criticized Russia’s support of pro-Russian fighters in eastern Ukraine. </span> <span data-start-time='280340' data-end-time='286327'>He says Western economic sanctions are needed against Russia.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='286327' data-end-time='291814'>“But we cannot standby when the sovereignty and territorial integrity of a nation is flagrantly violated. </span> <span data-start-time='291814' data-end-time='298549'>If that happens without consequence in Ukraine, it could happen to any nation gathered here today.”</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='298549' data-end-time='309751'>Presidents Obama, Putin and Rouhani were some of the 200 world leaders gathered at the United Nations in New York City. </span> <span data-start-time='309751' data-end-time='317846'>The U.N. is holding talks to find solutions to some of the world’s most troubling problems. </span> <span data-start-time='317846' data-end-time='328367'>The agenda includes setting new global goals to combat poverty, inequality and climate change.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='328367' data-end-time='330862'>I’m Anne Ball.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img 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