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Ed Markey: Throughout the Middle East, Iran is an instigator of instability and conflict, fostering violence through its financial…

On the recordJanuary 20, 2015
Throughout the Middle East, Iran is an instigator of instability and conflict, fostering violence through its financial support of terrorist groups and violent militias.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey highlights Iran's destabilizing influence in the Middle East.

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