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Ted Deutch: “It is almost overwhelming. It is--the breadth of abuses in Iran is almost too difficult for us to get our arms around.”

On the recordJune 18, 2014
It is almost overwhelming. It is--the breadth of abuses in Iran is almost too difficult for us to get our arms around.
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Ted Deutch
Democratic · Florida

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Mr. Deutch expresses the complexity of human rights abuses in Iran.

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