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Thursday, February 2, 2017
Paul Ryan says he is open to tighter Iran sanctions
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleHouse Speaker Paul Ryan says he would be amenable to further sanctions on Iran over its recent test of ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons.
“I’d like to put as much toothpaste back in the tube as possible,” Ryan tells reporters, accusing the Obama administration of “appeasing” the regime in Tehran.
“I think the last administration appeased Iran far too much,” he says. “I think they went too far with Iran and I think as a result Iran is far more activist than it otherwise would be.
“Iran don’t forget … is the biggest state sponsor of terrorism in the world. Iran writes on their missiles in Farsi, Hebrew and English ‘Death to America’, ‘Death to Israel’ and then tests them. So this is not a friendly country that has global peace or national security interests in their minds.”
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