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Karoline Leavitt: “Since 1979, the terrorist Iranian regime has actively and…”

Featuring: Karoline Leavitt, Republican | White House Press Secretary | National

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Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Mar. 4, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 20:33

47 years of tolerating and enabling the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism are over. Iran's murderous terrorist leaders are paying for their crimes against America and they are paying in blood. Since 1979, the terrorist Iranian regime has actively and intentionally facilitated the killings of Americans. They chant Death to America and fund other radical terrorists who attack our country and are seeking to destroy Western civilization it's itself. These terrorists seized our Embassy and took 66Americans hostage in Tehran. (20:33–20:42)

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Asserts that Iran has been involved in the killing of Americans since 1979.

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