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Marco Rubio: “The world is a victim of Iran because they're terrorists…”

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 46:43

So there's this huge divide between the people of Iran, whom we sympathize with and who the President sympathizes with, because they're the ones suffering. Look, the world is a victim of Iran, okay? The world is a victim of Iran because they're terrorists, because of what they're doing now in the streets. But the people of Iran are daily victims of the regime. And the President has deep sympathy for what they're going to. Going through. (46:43–46:48)

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Asserts that Iran's actions make the world a victim due to terrorism and street actions.

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