US would not be a foil for the Iranian government:
``My role has been to say the US is not going to be a foil for the Iranian government to try to blame what's happening on the streets of Tehran on the CIA or on the White House, that this is an issue that is led by and given voice to the frustrations of the Iranian people,'' Obama said at a White House press conference.
A top US military official feels that a nuclear Iran would destabilise the Middle East and could push the countries in the region in a race to acquire atomic weapons.