The tough line was welcomed by his hosts, particularly in Israel, which considers Iran its greatest threat and has led calls for the West to revise or reject the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. President Donald Trump is to decide by May 12 whether to keep the U.S. in the nuclear deal. In Riyadh, Pompeo said Iran “destabilizes this entire region” and he also urged the Saudis and their neighbors to resolve a festering dispute with Qatar. Trump is facing heavy pressure from European and other parties to stick to the Iran nuclear deal. Trump’s new national security adviser John Bolton, a hard-liner like Pompeo on Iran, suggested Trump was unlikely to stay in.

Source: Washington Post April 29, 2018 04:31 UTC