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Edward Markey: “Iran's nuclear program had been halted by the nuclear…”

Featuring: Edward Markey, Democratic | U.S. Senate Massachusetts

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Mass. Sen. Markey condemns Iran strikes

Published | Video Starts at 03:56

There was no imminent nuclear threat against the United States or any other country in the Middle east emanating from Iran. It is, as a result, a reckless and brazen attack. Iran's nuclear program had been halted by the nuclear agreement that had been negotiated by the Obama administration with the Iranian government. Trump is the one who decided to pull out of that Iran nuclear deal that had full scope safeguards over the entirety of the Iranian nuclear program. (03:56–04:09)

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Asserts that the Obama-era nuclear agreement halted Iran's nuclear program.

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