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Marco Rubio: “The clerical regime [in Iran] wants to have a nuclear…”

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Published | Video Starts at 01:46

That's where the work of diplomacy and these personal relationships between the leaders are so critical. And there are times when some of those issues of conflict are irreconcilable. I think Iran is an example of that. The clerical regime [in Iran] wants to have a nuclear weapon, and the world led by President Trump says that's completely impossible, cannot happen. So, unfortunately, there's some areas like that where it comes up. But there are areas where, if we can find areas of commonality, that's very powerful and important, but we will have to manage these bilateral differences because they're very significant. (01:46–01:55)

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Asserts that Iran wants a nuclear weapon, which the U.S. opposes.

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