The United States is planning to tighten sanctions on Iran, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said on Thursday
WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 10th January, 2019) The United States is planning to tighten sanctions on Iran, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said on Thursday."America's economic sanctions against the regime are among the strongest in history, and will keep getting tougher until the Iranian regime changes its policies that threaten the United States and the international community," Pompeo said during a keynote address in Cairo, according to prepared remarks released by the State Department.
Pompeo said the United States was ready to "open a new chapter" in relations with the Islamic Republic once it meets the 12 demands that the secretary outlined during an address in May.
Those demands include allowing unlimited international inspections of Iran's nuclear program, halting Tehran's support for Hezbollah and other militant groups in the region, withdrawing all Iranian military forces from Syria, and releasing all US citizens being detained in the Islamic Republic, among other steps.
