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Ted Cruz: “Obviously, the Ayatollah is gone.”

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

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Why I Told President Trump to Attack Iran - Sen. Ted Cruz

Published | Video Starts at 09:17

The result has been that we have near complete air dominance over Iran. There's nothing Iran can do about it. And we have decapitated the regime. Obviously, the Ayatollah is gone. We've taken out many of the senior, senior leaders in the regime. You keep having new leaders appointed. That's how the administration has described their objectives. (09:17–09:19)

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Asserts that the Ayatollah of Iran is no longer in power.

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