As many as 500 protesters reportedly have been killed in Isfahan , according to an Iranian news agency . ` For months , the Iranian people have sought nothing more than to exercise their universal rights , '' U.S. President Barack Obama told journalists during a break from his Christmas vacation in Hawaii . ` Some videos have shown bloodied and possibly dead protesters , but the government and their forces have fired no weapons .
As many as 500 protesters reportedly have been killed in Isfahan , according to an Iranian news agency . Some videos have shown bloodied and possibly dead protesters , but the government and their forces have fired no weapons .