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Iran’s Efforts at Intimidation Must Not Be Rewarded

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% level, while Iran is already exceeding ...

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

Sweeping U.S. Measures to Support Return of UN Sanctions Relating to Iran’s Nuclear, Missile, and Conventional Arms Programs

“Our message is very, very simple: the United States will never allow the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism to freely buy and sell planes, tanks, missiles, and other kinds of conventional weapons. These UN sanctions will continue the arms embargo.” – Secretary Pompeo, August 20, 2020. “When we’ve seen any country violate our current sanctions, the ...

By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 21 September, 2020 | Topics: News | Tags: Iran, Nuclear Nonproliferation, Office of the Spokesperson, Sanctions, The Secretary of State

The Return of UN Sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran

MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE The Trump Administration has always understood that the greatest threat to peace in the Middle East comes from Islamic Republic of Iran, whose violent efforts to spread revolution have killed thousands and upended the lives of millions of innocent people. History shows appeasement only emboldens such regimes. Thus today, the United States welcomes the return ...

By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 19 September, 2020 | Topics: Key Officials, News | Tags: Iran, Nuclear Nonproliferation, Office of the Spokesperson, Sanctions, The Secretary of State, United Nations

Industry Advisory on North Korea Ballistic Missile Procurement

Today, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, and the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security are issuing an advisory on North Korea’s ballistic missile procurement activities. The advisory identifies key procurement entities and deceptive techniques used by North ...

By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 1 September, 2020 | Topics: News | Tags: international security, North Korea, Nuclear Nonproliferation, Office of the Spokesperson, Sanctions

Constraining Iranian Nuclear Scientists (March 18)

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”) ...

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

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