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Tom Cotton: The Iranian elections were not free and fair. They were a sham election and Iran is a sham democracy.

On the recordJune 17, 2013
The Iranian elections were not free and fair. They were a sham election and Iran is a sham democracy.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Tom Cotton criticizes the legitimacy of Iran's elections and its political system.

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