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On the recordJune 18, 2014
It was thought that the human rights situation in Iran couldn't possibly get any worse than it was under the tyranny of Ahmadinejad.
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Republican · Florida

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Ros-Lehtinen reflects on the worsening human rights in Iran under Ahmadinejad's regime.

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