“We continue on a daily basis very successfully to degrade Iran’s ability to target ships.”
“We did a pause to try to get an agreement with the Iranian people to allow oil to flow without them attacking it.”
“One of the mistakes which some political analysts make is to think that their enemies should be our enemies.”
“The only reason why the U.S. is conducting strikes is against assets of Iran that are being used to attack global commercial shipping.”
“We cannot afford to leave Tennessee behind.”

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On the recordJanuary 18, 2021
We have an urgent responsibility to do whatever we can to prevent Iran from acquiring or getting a weapon.
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Antony Blinken
Democratic · District of Columbia
Source
congress.gov

Editor's note · Context

Blinken stresses the urgency of preventing Iran from developing nuclear capabilities.

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