The United States will no doubt impose sanctions on any nation that trains its efforts to ‘snip’ the United Nations’ sanctions against Iran, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday night “Special Report”.
“When we saw which country violated our current sanctions, the current US sanctions, we held every nation accountable,” Pompeo host Bret Baier said. “We will do the same with regard to the broader UN Security Council sanctions.”
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Earlier in the day, President Trump announced that he had addressed Pompeo to “notify the UN Security Council that the United States intends to restore virtually all previously imposed United Nations sanctions on Iran” in line with the 2015 nuclear deal. Pompeo told Bret Baier he would travel to New York City on Thursday to do just that.
“[The sanctions] have been temporarily suspended due to the ongoing nuclear deal. And the world will be a safer place, “said Pompeo. The Iranians will not have the opportunity to have Russian air defenses, some Chinese tanks – all things that pose risks and instability in the Middle East. The Gulf states are all excited about it. Israel is excited about it. It will reduce their risk and it will also make Americans safer. “
Last week, the Security Council rejected a US resolution to extend a thirteen-year-old arms embargo on Iran that expired in October as part of the nuclear deal. Russia and China voted against the resolution, while France, Germany and the United Kingdom abstained, a move Pompeo called “really sad.”
“It makes the European people less secure,” he said. “In particular, these countries all tell me that they want this arms embargo extended … but they refuse to do the brave thing – the morally right thing – and vote in support of expanding it all for one holy grail of [the Iran deal]. The world needs to know. We will do the right thing. “
Pompeo then ripped off former Secretary of State John Kerry, who on Tuesday night said in remarks at the Democratic National Convention that the Iran deal “had eliminated the threat of an Iran with a nuclear weapon.”
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“That’s just false,” Pompeo said, adding that Obama and Kerry “did not lead by example, they lead from behind. That was their motto.”
“President Trump is leading the way. He is ready to take a stand. They are not stopping Iran from having nuclear weapons. They provided billions of dollars so that Iran can continue the nuclear enrichment program. They are putting themselves in the way. to nuclear weapons. That was the deal. “
