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Marco Rubio: “There is no Hezbollah without Iran.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 03:39

The impediment in Lebanon is the fact that Hezbollah has embedded itself into that country and is the reason for all the suffering that's happening there right now. And all the suffering that's historically happened entirely funded, entirely controlled by Iran. There is no Hezbollah without Iran. There is no Hezbollah without Iran. I mean, there might be a political movement with ideology, but they don't have a bunch of rockets, they don't have a bunch of weapons without Iran. (03:39–03:42)

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Asserts that Hezbollah is entirely funded and controlled by Iran.

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