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Jake Auchincloss: “The regime in Iran was teetering because its people were…”

Featuring: Jake Auchincloss, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, District 4

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One SouthCoast Chamber Breakfast with Congressman Jake Auchincloss

Published | Video Starts at 32:00

So we've empowered this new Ayatollah not just globally against us, but and this is really painful domestically too. The old, the regime in Iran. Some of you will remember The regime in Iran was teetering because its people were immiserated. People were tired of being brutalized. The women of Iran were tired of being harassed by their religious police. (32:00–32:04)

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Asserts that the Iranian regime was unstable due to domestic dissatisfaction.

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