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Ted Cruz: “The top leadership [in Iran] has been taken out.”

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

Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game

Published March 11, 2026 | Video Starts at 34:59

As I've said before, at 3am on January 3, there was not a Latin American dictator who didn't have to change his shorts because that's when President Trump seized Nicolas Maduro. What is happening in Iran? The top leadership [in Iran] has been taken out. Every bad guy, every person who hates America is really, really worried right now because this is a nation that defends itself. (34:59–35:02)

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“Iran launched 350 ballistic missiles [on the first day of the conflict]. By day eight, that had dropped to 15.”
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“Iran launched 541 drone attacks [on the second day of the conflict]. By day eight, that had Dropped to 12.”
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“Virtually every ship in [Iran's] navy has been sunk to the bottom of the ocean.”
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“They [Iran] provide 90% of the funding for Hamas, for Hezbollah, and for the Houthis.”
Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game | Uploaded March 11, 2026 | 06:43-06:50
“They've [Iran] killed nearly 1,000 Americans in the last five decades.”
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“One [hitman] was just convicted in the last week of [trying to murder President Trump].”
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“The hitman told the Department of Justice, I was hired by Iran, I was trained by Iran, and my purpose was to murder President Trump.”
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“Qatar is the number one country in the world for foreign funding of U.S. universities.”
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“$6.6 billion [from Qatar] to our universities.”
Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game | Uploaded March 11, 2026 | 14:52-15:01
“Gas prices were nearly $6 a gallon 18 months ago under Joe Biden.”
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“If [Iran] had nuclear weapons, they would kill many, many more Americans.”
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“We have taken out Iran's air defenses. We've taken out their missile launching capacity.”
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“The regime in Iran has been the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism for 47 years.”
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“Iran is the leading state sponsor of terrorism in the world.”
Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game | Uploaded March 11, 2026 | 06:38-06:43
“They [Qatar] support Hamas, they encourage Hamas, they fund Israel haters, America haters, Communists, people tearing America down.”
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“There's no dispute that it was Iran that was paying for this [attempt to murder President Trump].”
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“We now have one of the hitmen convicted in a federal jury for trying to murder Trump.”
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“The government of Iran is broadcasting Tucker [Carlson] to their people.”
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“The Muslim Brotherhood has retweeted and put out Tucker's broadcast to the world.”
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“Russia Today is pushing out Tucker [Carlson].”
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“Qatar...hired spies to spy on me.”
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“Qatar...welcome and host the senior leadership of Hamas.”
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“Texas was an independent nation between 1836 and 1845.”
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“Gas prices were about $2.50 a gallon six months ago.”
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“Gas prices have risen about a dollar to about $3.50 a gallon.”
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“We've utterly degraded [Iran's] military and we've taken out the Ayatollah and the senior military leadership.”
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“Iran has been waging war with America for 47 years, and they've killed nearly a thousand Americans.”
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“Iran is not Iraq. We're not going to see a massive troop presence on the ground.”
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“Avoiding endless wars does not mean embracing isolationism.”
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“Barack Obama and Joe Biden's weakness and appeasement, that if you kill Americans, oh well, we're not going to do anything about it.”
Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game | Uploaded March 11, 2026 | 35:15-35:22
“This is about avoiding war by being strong enough to take out the people that are killing Americans and that avoids protracted military…”
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