At a Mideast summit in Poland Thursday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged foreign leaders to confront Iran and abandon the 2015 nuclear deal.
Feb. 14 (UPI) — At a Mideast summit in Poland Thursday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged foreign leaders to confront Iran and abandon the 2015 nuclear deal, as the United States has done.
Pompeo told delegates from more than 60 countries that the world « can’t achieve peace and security » without confronting Iran. He said « pushing back » against Iran is central to solving other problems in the Middle East.
Vice President Mike Pencealso spoke, urging European countries to withdraw from the Obama-era nuclear deal, and back U. S. sanctions against Iran. He called the nuclear pact the « devil’s bargain » and lashed out against Britain, Germany and France for creating special economic instruments to get around sanctions.
« Some our leading European partners have not been nearly as cooperative, » Pence said. « In fact, they’ve led efforts to break up our sanctions. We call it an effort to break American sanctions against Iran’s murderous revolutionary regime. It’s an ill advised step that will only strengthen Iran, weaken the EU and create more distance between European countries and the United States. »
Pence said the sanctions on Iran are the toughest in history and will get tougher unless Tehran changes its stance.
