* Secretary of State Mike Pompeo rattled off 12-point list of 'basic requirements' for Iran if it is to avoid new round of 'painful' sanctions
* Tehran must dismantle its entire nuclear weapons program and stop supporting terror groups throughout the Middle East
* President Trump withdrew from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal two weeks ago
* Obama-era pact put a pause on Iran's nuclear ambition but made no pretense of ending it permanently
* Pompeo said that like in Europe, Americans want to do business in Iran; but everything has to stop in order to 'strangle' Iran's capaity to do evil
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that the United States is prepared to level 'the strongest sanctions in history' on Iran if the Islamic nation's government does not reverse course on its nuclear ambitions.
America's goal is to 'strangle' Iran's 'economic capacity to do harm,' he said, but President Donald Trump is willing to call off the dogs if the rogue nation turns over a new leaf on its own.
'We will apply unprecedented financial pressure on the Iranian regime. The leaders in Tehran will have no doubt about our seriousness,' Pompeo said. 'The sting of sanctions will be painful if the regime doesn't change.'
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WNU Editor: Iran is has responded to US Secretary Pompeo's speech .... Rouhani on Pompeo's Speech: 'Who You Are to Decide for Iran and World' - Reports (Sputnik). More Here .... Iran's Rouhani: 'world no longer accepts US deciding for them' (AFP).
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3 comments:
if EU starts paying for Iranian oil in Euros, as was threatened by EU leaders yesterday, this would be very very bad news for the USA.
It's a toothless roar. E.U is a joke
Regime change! Regime change! Lol! That's all a delusional neocon can conceive of. In his sad, rotten, twisted mind.
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