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On the recordNovember 17, 2014
I meet with so many of them who are in distress about the authoritarian regime in Tehran and how sad it is that the young people of Iran are held back because of the regime there and denied freedom and democracy.
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Joe Wilson
Republican · South Carolina

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Wilson discusses the impact of Iran's regime on its youth and the Iranian American community.

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