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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michelle Del Rey

RFK Jr makes embarrassing gaffe as he refers to wrong Iranian president

REUTERS

Robert F Kennedy Jr, who has previously challenged President Joe Biden’s “mental acuity,” made an embarrasing blunder over the weekend, urging US officials to negotiate with world leaders, including a former Iranian president who hasn’t held power in more than a decade.

The Independent presidential candidate made the remarks while speaking at a campaign event in Aurora, Colorado, on Sunday, just as the world was learning that a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the country’s foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian had crashed.

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