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Ted Cruz: “The regime in Iran has been the number one funder of…”

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The first thing they did to start the revolution was to take Americans hostage and to hold them hostage for 444 days. That's how they started their revolution. For 47 years, The regime in Iran has been the number one funder of terrorism across the globe. Hamas, that carried out the horrific October 7th atrocities. Ninety percent of their funding comes from Iran. Hezbollah, 90% of their funding comes from Iran. The Houthis, 90% of their funding comes From Iran. (03:56–04:04)

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Asserts that Iran is the leading global funder of terrorism.

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