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Ted Cruz: “Iran has been the world's number one state sponsor of…”

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Ted Cruz: Trump's Iran Strategy Is Making America Safer | Full Interview

Published | Video Starts at 01:15

The reason President Trump made the decision to launch the attack in Iran is because Iran has been actively waging war with the United States for the entirety of its existence since the 1979 Islamist revolution took over the nation. In those 47 years, Iran has been the world's number one state sponsor of terrorism. Hamas gets 90% of its funding from. From Iran. Hezbollah gets 90% of its funding from Iran. The Houthis get 90% of their funding from Iran. (01:15–01:22)

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Asserts that Iran is the leading state sponsor of terrorism.

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