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Adam Smith: “Without question, Iran is a bad actor... Since 1979, they have been pretty much nothing but a bad actor on a lot of…”

On the recordJune 18, 2014
Without question, Iran is a bad actor... Since 1979, they have been pretty much nothing but a bad actor on a lot of different issues.
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Adam Smith
Democratic · Washington

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Acknowledging Iran's history of negative actions beyond the nuclear issue.

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