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Elissa Slotkin: “The United States took out many leaders in Iran of Iran's…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Published | Video Starts at 06:47

So this just shows you again, the personal nature of these kinds of wars. Right now, the negotiators for the Iranians are some of the most hardline members of the Iranian government. The United States took out many leaders in Iran of Iran's government. And it's really left a situation where some of the hardliners in the Iranian government are left to negotiate, which is another reason it's been so difficult to come to a ceasefire. (06:47–06:52)

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Asserts that the United States has eliminated many leaders of Iran's government.

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