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Steve Witkoff: “In the first meeting that we had with them, they actually…”

Featuring: Steve Witkoff, Republican | U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East | National

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Witkoff: Iran's foreign minister started yelling and screaming | The Record with Greta Van Susteren

Published | Video Starts at 01:19

In all that time, was there ever any indication they wanted to budge? Look, they claim that they were ready to make concessions, but there was no palpable evidence of it. In the first meeting that we had with them, they actually opened up that they had the inalienable right to enrich. inalienable right to enrich. And our response was somewhat along the lines of we have the, where President Trump views, views it that we have the inalienable right to stop you from enriching. (01:19–01:28)

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Asserts that Iran claimed an inalienable right to enrich uranium in the first meeting.

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