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Jake Auchincloss: “The war began. Iran had a hardened hard line Ayatollah. They…”

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

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Ceasefire: Auchincloss & Crenshaw on Iran War

Published | Video Starts at 04:57

It was fast attack boats, it was drones, it was missiles. We repelled all of it. What do you make of this reporting and what Crenshaw is saying? The war began. Iran had a hardened hard line Ayatollah. They had nuclear enrichment capabilities that were degraded and they had military missile ballistic capabilities. All those things are still true. We replaced an old hardline Ayatollah with a young hardline ayatollah. They still have nuclear imagement capabilities that are still degraded, but they are degraded because of the successes of the 12 day war, not because of what happened during this illegal war. (04:57–05:14)

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Asserts that Iran still has a hardline Ayatollah, degraded nuclear capabilities, and missile capabilities.

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