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Robert C. Byrd: “The violation of international law in Iran threatens all nations, and the risk to Persian Gulf oil supplies that Iran's…”

On the recordJanuary 25, 1980
The violation of international law in Iran threatens all nations, and the risk to Persian Gulf oil supplies that Iran's disintegration poses is greater for Europe and Japan than it is for us.
Said by
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
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Jan 25, 1980

Editor's note · Context

Discussing allied responses to the crises in Iran and Soviet aggression.

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