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Rep. Brian Mast urges backing Iranian protesters, says 'regime change is coming'
Summary
In a television interview, Rep. Brian Mast said the United States should back Iranian protesters and warned that regime change in Iran is likely; he cited evacuations from regional bases, economic strain and heavy government repression as reasons for decisive U.S. action.
Rep. Brian Mast, the Florida congressman the host identified as chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told a television interviewer that the United States should back Iranian protesters and that "regime change is something that is coming." The comments came amid reports of U.S. evacuations of personnel from some Middle Eastern bases and growing unrest inside Iran.
Mast said the Iranians "are taking it seriously" and argued U.S. rhetoric matters: "What he says he will do, he will do, and we should be backing up the Iranian people who are looking for a free and fair and democratic Iran instead of the dictatorial regime that they've been under for so many years." The host had earlier…
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