Mike Pompeo has set the US on a collision course with most of its UN partners in an attempt to extend the isolation of Iran. Instead it was the US which appeared beleaguered, with Pompeo clashing bitterly with European allies, emphasising a deepening Transatlantic rift. In response, Pompeo denounced the Europeans as having chosen to “side with the Ayatollahs”. “Their actions endanger the people of Iraq, of Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, and indeed their own citizens as well,” he told reporters. The US is claiming still to be a JCPOA participant through a legal technicality, based largely on the fact that it is named as a participant in a UN resolution endorsing the JCPOA.

Source: The Guardian August 20, 2020 18:18 UTC