During Obama’s remarks to reporters Friday, he also addressed Iran’s nuclear activities.

President-elect Obama: “Iran’s development of a nuclear weapon, I believe, is unacceptable, and we have to mount an international effort to prevent that from happening. Iran’s support of terrorist organizations, I think, is something that has to cease.”

Obama immediately came under criticism from the head of Iran’s parliament, Ali Larijani.

Ali Larijani: “The expectation of the international scene is that the change should have strategic bases, not just daily remarks about Iran’s nuclear issue that we have seen Mr. Obama say recently. It is a step in the wrong direction. If they [the US government] want their conditions to change in the region, they should send the right signals to show that they have a correct understanding of the region’s public voices and the general hatred that existed in the region towards the US.”

Obama differed from opponents on the campaign trail after vowing to hold talks with Iran without preconditions.