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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: “I was addressing those who started riots and set up fires and attacked people. I said, 'They are nothing.' They're not…”

On the recordJune 17, 2009
I was addressing those who started riots and set up fires and attacked people. I said, 'They are nothing.' They're not even part of the nation of Iran.
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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Ahmadinejad defends his comments about protesters during a national address.

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