Secretary of State Mike Pompeo threatened yesterday to impose sanctions on any and all nations that refuse to go along with the U.S. on the “snapback” of UN sanctions against Iran, threatening to blow up the Iran crisis into a direct confrontation with Russia and China. “I’ll head up to New York tomorrow, tomorrow afternoon. I’ll meet with the UN Security Council president [Indonesia for the month of August] and then the secretary-general will provide notification of the snapback, and then 30 days from now all the sanctions that were in place will resume,” Pompeo boasted during an interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier, last night. “They have been temporarily paused because of the ridiculous nuclear deal, and the world will be a safer place. The Iranians won’t have the chance to have Russian air-defense systems, Chinese tanks, all the things that pose risk and instability in the Middle East. The Gulf states are all excited about — Israel is excited about it. It’ll reduce their risk and it’ll make Americans safer too.”
“QUESTION: So when China or Russia refuse, is the administration going to hold them accountable with sanctions too?
“SECRETARY POMPEO: Absolutely. We have already done that. When we’ve seen any country violate our current sanctions, the current American sanctions, we’ve held every nation accountable for that. We’ll do the same thing with respect to the broader UN Security Council sanctions as well.”
