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Chris Murphy: “Iran was getting big discounted prices previously from…”

Featuring: Chris Murphy, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Senator Murphy: Trump Is Putting Money Into the Pockets of the Countries We Are Fighting

Published | Video Starts at 04:29

Are you supportive of those moves if ultimately they do, in fact, lower the cost of oil? The only way to lower energy prices is to end this war. I mean, what he told you is that Iran was getting big discounted prices previously from China, and we are now removing sanctions so that they can get premium prices. So we are literally putting billions of dollars into the very regime that we are fighting. (04:29–04:40)

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Asserts that Iran previously sold oil at discounted prices to China and can now sell at premium prices due to lifted sanctions.

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