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Marco Rubio: “Iran is putting mines in an international body of water and…”

Featuring: Marco Rubio, Republican | Secretary of State, United States | National

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio conducts a White House briefing

Published | Video Starts at 15:50

And international law is very clear. And I love it because everybody always talks about international law. International law on this is very clear. International water is. No country can control them. There Iran is putting mines in an international body of water and blowing up ships. I'm going to blow up ships that don't listen to us and try to go through. That's what Iran is doing. This is a criminal act and someone needs to do something about it. (15:50–15:59)

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Accuses Iran of illegal actions in international waters.

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