They are the worst offenders in the world of terrorism, and they are the worst offenders in the world of hostage taking from the very early days. And so they were our first designation. They were founded, unfortunately, on an assault on the brave men and women of our foreign and civil service that were located there in Tehran. And the message is going to be very clear. The United States will not tolerate hostage diplomacy they're not going to tolerate. We're not going to. (07:43–07:53)
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Asserts that the clerical regime in Tehran was founded on an assault on U.S. foreign and civil service personnel.
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