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U.S. Calls for More International Cooperation in Curbing Iran's Malign Behavior


(VOA News) Margaret Besheer - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged greater international cooperation to stop Iran's objectionable behavior in the region and beyond while speaking in New York on Tuesday. He underscored Iran's recent resumption of uranium enrichment to levels exceeding internationally agreed to caps; its seizure of several tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz; and the test-firing of a ballistic missile. "Failing to confront [the] Iranian regime's malign activities will only grow the regime's multicontinental body count spanning the last 40 years," Pompeo said. He also renewed his call for the Security Council to prevent an international arms embargo and a travel ban from expiring in 2020 under a provision of the 2015 nuclear deal.
2019-08-21 00:00:00
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