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John Ratcliffe: “Iran's long record of deception and circumvention of…”

Featuring: John Ratcliffe, Republican | Director of the Central Intelligence Agency | National

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John Ratcliffe Addresses the Administrations Iran Nuclear Deal

Published | Video Starts at 00:51

The agreement announced is based on the mistaken assumption that Iran can be trusted as an honest negotiating partner, despite its track record, which says the exact opposite. Iran's long record of deception and circumvention of authority also makes the verification of their newfound intentions to cooperate nearly impossible. The deal also fails to address Iran's brutal human rights violations and its destabilizing activities in the region and around the world. (00:51–01:01)

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Asserts that Iran's history makes it difficult to verify its compliance with the nuclear deal.

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