Commemoration of Terror Attacks and Iran's Role

Twenty-fifth anniversary of the worst terror attack in history, September 11th,

which killed three thousand people.

In two weeks, we will mark the third anniversary of the

October seventh

attack in Israel, where terrorists funded by Iran

tortured, mutilated, and killed one thousand two hundred

very innocent civilians, including dozens of Americans and many

babies. Babies, little, tiny, beautiful

babies.

Iran's supreme leader celebrated that massacre and called it a

service to humanity. The same regime slaughtered over

seventy-two thousand of its citizens this year.

Recently, ten thousand were killed for protesting.

Just imagine such a vile regime were ever

empowered to carry out large-scale terror attacks from behind a

nuclear shield.

This was the reality we had to confront, a reality that

far too many preferred to ignore. They all ignored

it. Many presidents and many others just wanted to ignore it.

They were unwilling to do anything about it, but they knew the problem.

After giving Iran every chance for a deal, I took action to

ensure that neither the United States nor any nation in this hall

would ever have to face such a nightmare, such a