<p style="font-weight: 400;" data-path-to-node="1">Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz bluntly laid out the case for President Donald Trump’s attack on Iran, describing the regime as the leading global state sponsor of terrorism.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Appearing on Fox News, Cruz laid out a staggering indictment of Tehran’s financial reach, noting that for 47 years, the radical Islamist leadership has been the &#8220;number one state funder of terrorism worldwide.&#8221;</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Cruz praised what he called the military’s &#8220;clear-eyed&#8221; strategy, saying the strikes targeted Iranian missile capacities and anti-aircraft defenses. He characterized President Trump’s decision to authorize the strikes — including the elimination of top military leadership — as the &#8220;most consequential&#8221; of his presidency because, in Cruz&#8217;s view, Tehran &#8220;posed a significant danger to the United States.&#8221;</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">He noted that prior to the intervention, the Iranian regime was churning out 100 missiles a month and maintaining a clandestine nuclear weapons program.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/SenTedCruz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenTedCruz</a>: &quot;The reason <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> made the decision to go in and take out the Ayatollah, take out the military leadership&#8230; is because they posed a significant danger to the United States.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/GP45feoMoM">pic.twitter.com/GP45feoMoM</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/2028474984356528365?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2026</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Cruz argued that Tehran&#8217;s influence stretches across nearly every major flashpoint in the region, pointing to longstanding U.S. assessments of Iranian funding for proxy groups:</p>
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<li data-path-to-node="7,0,0">Hamas: <a href="https://docs.house.gov/meetings/ba/ba10/20231025/116509/hhrg-118-ba10-wstate-noronhag-20231025.pdf">Receives</a> an estimated 90% to 93% of its military budget from Tehran. Reports indicate this surged to $350 million annually by early 2026.</li>
<li data-path-to-node="7,1,0">Hezbollah: Iran funnels <a href="https://www.fdd.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Iran_Financial_Practices_Transcript.pdf">between</a> $700 million and $800 million a year to the Lebanese group.</li>
<li data-path-to-node="7,2,0">The Houthis: Annual aid is <a href="https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/houthis-iran#:~:text=Calculating%20the%20exact%20monetary%20value,%24300%20million%2C%20according%20to%20Juneau.">estimated</a> at up to $300 million, providing the &#8220;bang-for-buck&#8221; investment that fuels Yemen’s instability.</li>
</ul>
<p style="font-weight: 400;" data-path-to-node="8">Cruz noted that the Iranian regime bears responsibility for the deaths of nearly 1,000 Americans, referencing U.S. military casualties linked to Iranian-backed militias in Iraq.</p>
<p data-path-to-node="8">He also asserted that, before last year&#8217;s U.S. strike, Iran operated &#8220;a major underground nuclear weapons facility,&#8221; which he said Trump took out.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Watch how Hezbollah raises huge funds of civilian money to pay for its weapons, infrastructure, and terrorists.</p>
<p>Our strikes today targeted the heart of this network, so that it can no longer fund terror. <a href="https://t.co/2IZGtU86fW">pic.twitter.com/2IZGtU86fW</a></p>
<p>— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) <a href="https://twitter.com/IDF/status/2028539988162289973?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2026</a></p></blockquote>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">While the IRGC’s official budget is estimated at roughly <a href="https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2018/01/10/iran-spends-16-billion-annually-to-support-terrorists-and-rogue-regimes/">$8.2 billion,</a> experts say it likely controls billions more through illicit enterprises and &#8220;off-the-books&#8221; oil sales.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">This massive expenditure comes at a time when the Iranian economy — one-fiftieth the size of the U.S. economy — is cratering under inflation and unemployment.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;" data-path-to-node="11">As the United States maintains its posture of &#8220;robust military deterrence,&#8221; Cruz argued the goal remains simple: forcing the regime to choose between domestic stability and its global terror franchise.</p>

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