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Conor O'Callaghan: “Iran has been pulling the strings in the Middle East to our…”

Featuring: Conor O'Callaghan, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Arizona, District 1

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Scripps with Conor O'Callaghan 1/28/24

Published | Video Starts at 06:05

You know, you obviously always want to be careful to not escalate things into World War three unnecessarily. However, Iran, you know, Reena was talking about puppeteering. Iran has been pulling the strings in the Middle East to our disadvantage for many decades now. My wife was actually born in Iran, and her family fled during the Iranian Revolution in 1979 when she was 2 years old. You know, we're 40 plus years on. (06:05–06:12)

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Asserts that Iran has been influencing the Middle East negatively for decades.

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