#BREAKING
Sec. Pompeo
-JCPOA was an abject failure, exercise in appeasement, gifted the regime billions.
-New sanctions on #Iran's Defense Ministry.
-If you violate the UN arms embargo on Iran, you risk sanctions.
-Figures key to Iran's uranium enrichment.
Sec. Mnuchin
Treasury Dept. designates individuals & entities involved in #Iran's nuclear & ballistic missile programs. Three deputy directors are sanctioned today.
Any financial institution that facilitate a transaction could be subject to U.S. sanctions.
Sec. Esper
We are ready to respond to future Iranian aggression.
Today's execution order will further disrupt Iranian efforts to import & proliferate conventional weapons.
We stand alongside our allies & partners to counter #Iran's destabilizing behavior.
U.S. Dept. of Commerce adds five Iranian scientists to the entity list for enabling or assisting #Iran's nuclear weapons development program. These individuals worked to procure sensitive nuclear items.
US Amb UN Craft
False hope on part of Security Council members that the JCPOA might contain #Iran's nuclear ambitions do not excuse members from their obligations.
We expect all UN Member States to fulfill their legal obligation & reimpose Iran sanctions.
US NSA O'Brien
President Trump signed an executive order resulting in severe economic sanctions for those nations, corporations & individuals who contribute to the supply, the sale or the transfer of conventional arms to #Iran.
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