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Robert C. Byrd: “What is being said by this administration about human rights in Iran? I have long said that we have enough problems with…”

On the recordMay 16, 1979
What is being said by this administration about human rights in Iran? I have long said that we have enough problems with human rights in our own country without trying to tell every other country how to handle its human rights problem.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
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May 16, 1979

Editor's note · Context

Discussing executions in Iran and whether the Shah should be admitted to the United States.

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