RFK Jr. lists past Iranian president as a leader the U.S. president should meet

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May 20, 2024 at 11:18 AM

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While speaking at a campaign rally in Aurora, Colo., independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. mentioned the need for the U.S. president to speak with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's sixth president. Earlier that day, the country's eighth president, Ebrahim Raisi, died in a helicopter crash. NBC News had not confirmed Raisi's death at the time of Kennedy's remarks.

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