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Ted Cruz: “In the first few weeks of this conflict, the Iranian regime…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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But at the same time, if you want this regime to be overthrown, the best way to do it is for it to come internally. And In the first few weeks of this conflict, the Iranian regime murdered somewhere between 10,000 and 40,000 protesters. It is not fair to expect protesters to fight with rocks against soldiers with machine guns. (27:32–27:41)

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Asserts that the Iranian regime killed between 10,000 and 40,000 protesters in the early weeks of a conflict.

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