"History is littered with cases of inaction that led to very grave consequences for the world. We just have to look back and ask how many dictators who end up being a tremendous global threat, and killing thousands, and indeed millions of people, should we have stopped in their tracks."
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Dr Rice told the BBC that the US also had continuing security concerns about Iran, saying: "It's very clear Iran is not on the side of peace.
"Iran is on the side of the terrorists in the way that it has been, that these unelected few have been, carrying out the policies of the Iranian Government.
She said: "I don't think there's any doubt that we are concerned that Iran is a place where an unelected few are really crushing the aspirations of their people."
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