Washington Post: President Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the chaotic situation in Iran, climate change, the world economic crisis and the war in Afghanistan during an Oval Office meeting and lunch, the two told reporters yesterday. The president intensified his criticism of Iran’s crackdown on protesters challenging the June 12 election in which President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the landslide victor. Obama brushed aside Ahmadinejad’s demand that he apologize for …