Sen. Tom Cotton: "Iran reigme is gravest threat to U.S. national security"

Iran Nuclear Threat

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) on Monday said:  the nuclear armed Iranian regime is the 'gravest threat' to U.S. national security.

"The gravest threat to our national security is a nuclear-armed Iran, and this man, Ayatollah Khamenei," Cotton said from the Senate floor.

The Arkansas Republican referred to a speech Ali Khamenei gave over the weekend in honor of Nowruz, the Persian New Year.

The crowd chanted "death to America" as Khamenei spoke. "What was his response to that chant? He said, 'Yes, certainly, death to America,' " Cotton said. " 'Death to America.' Remember this is the leader whom with the United States is negotiating today."

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