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Chris Coons: “With the removal of the ban on Iran exporting arms, Iran is going to face fewer impediments to arming those proxies.”

On the recordJanuary 20, 2015
With the removal of the ban on Iran exporting arms, Iran is going to face fewer impediments to arming those proxies.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

Editor's note · Context

Coons warns that lifting sanctions will enable Iran to support its proxies more effectively.

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