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Mark Kelly: “The Iranians think they're getting the, the most lucrative…”

Featuring: Mark Kelly, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Arizona

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Mark Kelly speaks on Iran war, gas prices, Artemis II | FOX 10 Phoenix

Published | Video Starts at 03:18

So that's why we find ourselves here with the Strait of Hormuz open for a little bit, then closed again. Now The Iranians think they're getting the, the most lucrative toll booth in the world. Yeah, the Strait of Hormuz at $2 million a passage. You know, how does this make the region safer? It does not. It gives them more resources to build back their ballistic missile capability. Still have the, have the uranium. (03:18–03:30)

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Asserts that Iran is charging $2 million per passage through the Strait of Hormuz.

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