U.S. threatens ”strongest” sanctions on Iran

The US secretary of state has outlined a series of steep demands to be included in a new nuclear treaty with Iran, including withdrawing all its forces from Syria, and threatened “the strongest sanctions in history” if Tehran does not comply. Speaking at Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC, Pompeo said the US “will apply unprecedented […]

The US secretary of state has outlined a series of steep demands to be included in a new nuclear treaty with Iran, including withdrawing all its forces from Syria, and threatened “the strongest sanctions in history” if Tehran does not comply.

Speaking at Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC, Pompeo said the US “will apply unprecedented financial pressure on the Iranian regime”.

He added: “The sting of sanctions will be painful if the regime does not change its course from the unacceptable and unproductive path it has chosen to one that rejoins the league of nations.”

Pompeo presented a list of 12 “basic requirements” for a new treaty, including that Iran must stop enrichment of uranium and never pre-process plutonium, as well as allow “unqualified access to all [nuclear] sites throughout the country”.

Meanwhile, Iran’s president said that the United States could not decide for Iran. 

“Who are you to decide for Iran and the world? The world today does not accept America to decide for the world, as countries are independent,” the semi-official ILNA news agency quoted Hassan Rouhani as saying.