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Vance says standing with Ghalibaf ‘not uncomfortable’ despite crackdown record

Jun 19, 2026, 20:24 GMT+1

US Vice President JD Vance said it would not be “uncomfortable” to stand alongside Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, despite questions about Ghalibaf’s role in the suppression of Iranian protesters.

“Sometimes you deal with very nice people. Sometimes you deal with very not nice people,” he told CBN News, adding that international diplomacy often requires dealing with “all kinds of people.”

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