MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE The United States condemns the law recently approved by Iran’s Majles and Guardian Council, which is nothing more than the regime’s latest ploy to use its nuclear program to try to intimidate the international community. If implemented, this law would result in Iran enriching uranium to the dangerous 20% ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 11 December, 2020 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran, Nuclear Nonproliferation, Office of the Spokesperson, The Secretary of State
Leading the World Against Iran’s Threats (May 9)
MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE Two years ago, President Trump announced the bold decision to protect the world from Iran’s violence and the nuclear threats it poses by exiting from the flawed Iran Deal and its façade of security. Since that time, we have built the strongest sanctions in history and prevented ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 9 May, 2020 | Topics: History, Human Rights, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Anti-Semitism, Bureau of Counter terrorism, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Iran, Middle East, Nuclear Weapons, Secretary Pompeo
This Week in Iran Policy (May 8) “They’re telling the world that they’re broke and they need relief from American sanctions, they need humanitarian assistance. But we’ve offered humanitarian assistance, and the ayatollah and the kleptocrats, the theocrats that lead the Iranian regime today are still out spending money on things that don’t benefit ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 8 May, 2020 | Topics: News, News from Washington | Tags: Arms Control, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, China, Conventional Weapons, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Global Health, Iran, Iran Policy, Office of the Spokesperson, Russia, The Secretary of State, Weapons
Briefing With Special Representative for Iran and Senior Advisor to Secretary Brian Hook On Depriving Iran of the Weapons of War (April 30) MS ORTAGUS: Thank you. Happy Thursday afternoon, everybody. We will have an on-the-record briefing today. Per usual, this is embargoed until the end of the call, please. As Secretary Pompeo indicated yesterday, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 30 April, 2020 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Arms Control, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Iran
Iran’s Space Program is Dangerous, Not Peaceful (April 25)
MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE For years, Iran has claimed its space program is purely peaceful and civilian. The Trump Administration has never believed this fiction. This week’s launch of a military satellite by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, makes clear what we have said all along: Iran’s space program is ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 25 April, 2020 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Arms Control, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Countering Terrorism, Iran, Iran Policy, Secretary Pompeo
Briefing With Senior State Department Officials On the Release of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Report on Syria (April 8) MODERATOR ONE: Hi, good afternoon, everyone. Thanks for joining. Our apologies for the delay in beginning. Up front, I just want to establish the ground rules. This briefing is provided on ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 8 April, 2020 | Topics: News, News from Washington | Tags: Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Chemical Weapons
To Walk the Earth in Safety: New Report Showcases U.S. Global Leadership in Landmine Clearance and Conventional Weapons Destruction (April 2) The
Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs released the 19th Edition of
To Walk the Earth in Safety , a report underscoring the accomplishments of the U.S. Conventional Weapons Destruction Program. For over 20 years, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 2 April, 2020 | Topics: News, News from Washington | Tags: Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Conventional Weapons, Unexploded Ordnance
Constraining Iranian Nuclear Scientists (March 18) PRESS STATEMENT
MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE On March 16, in response to the Iranian regime’s unacceptable nuclear escalations, the Department of Commerce is imposing restrictions on five Iranian nuclear scientists by adding them to the Department of Commerce’s Entity List. These five individuals were involved in Iran’s pre-2004 nuclear weapons program (the “Amad Plan”) ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 18 March, 2020 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Iran, Nuclear Nonproliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Secretary Pompeo
This Week in Iran Policy (March 13) “The United States calls on the Islamic Republic of Iran to immediately release on humanitarian grounds all wrongfully detained Americans being held in Iran. The United States will hold the Iranian regime directly responsible for any American deaths. Our response will be decisive.” – Secretary Pompeo, Press ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 13 March, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, Human Rights, Key Documents, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: and Labor, Bureau of Democracy, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Global Health, Human Rights, Iran, Iran Policy, Secretary Pompeo
New Sanctions under the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act (INKSNA) (February 25) PRESS STATEMENT
MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE The United States is sanctioning 13 foreign entities and individuals in China, Iraq, Russia, and Turkey pursuant to the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act (INKSNA). This action includes new sanctions against five entities/individuals in China (Luo Dingwen, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 25 February, 2020 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, China, Division for Counter Threat Finance and Sanctions, Iran, Nonproliferation, North Korea, Office of the Spokesperson, Russia, Sanctions, Syria, The Secretary of State, Turkey, Weapons
