Rand Paul: There was ‘much less violence’ before US pulled out of Iran nuclear deal

Published January 7, 2020 4:50pm ET



Sen. Rand Paul rebuked President Trump’s decision to kill top Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani and said the world was safer under the previous administration’s controversial deal with Iran.

The Kentucky Republican, who recently argued that Soleimani’s death means the end of diplomacy with Iran, condemned the president’s attack during a Tuesday morning appearance on Fox News’s America’s Newsroom.

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