Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday launched a sweeping broadside against the Iranian government, vowing to use all U.S. economic and military might to destroy its economy and “crush” its operatives and proxies around the world. We will track down Iranian operatives and their Hezbollah proxies operating around the world and crush them. “Who are you to decide for Iran and the world?” he was quoted saying by the Iranian news agency ILNA. He said the United States would take “all necessary steps” to contain Iran, but he declined to provide specifics. It made concessions along the way on issues it considered less important than the goal of setting future limits on Iran’s nuclear deal and getting international inspectors to monitor it.

Source: Washington Post May 21, 2018 13:51 UTC