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Happening now: @SecPompeo announces US is sanctioning #Iran's Ministry of Defense, Iran's civil nuclear program and others re #snapback

"Our sanctions have saved countless Muslim, Jewish and Christian lives" per Pompeo on max pressure campaign "We'll keep it up" Image
US actions vs #Iran aim "to protect the American people and to deter aggression" per @EsperDoD

"We stand ready to respond to future Iranian aggression" he adds, saying new sanctions will hep protect US troops Image
"The president today is taking decisive action" per US National Security Adviser @robertcobrien on US snapback sanctions vs #Iran

O'Brien adds @UN has failed Image
"The United States cannot stand idly by" while #Iran destabilizes the region and the world, per @robertcobrien
"A new dawn has arisen in the #MiddleEast" per @robertcobrien

"Iran should join its neighbors who are embracing a better future...If Iran is willing to choose the path of peace, America will walk beside it"
"The regime would have even more money...all of the elements of the terror sate would have been enhanced" had US continued w/the #JCPOA, per @SecPompeo
"#Iran again has been squeezed" per National Security Adviser @robertcobrien "These sanctions will further enhance peace in the region by denying funds to the Iranians"

Iran "could be a beacon in the Middle East" he says, if only #Tehran would change its behavior
"We feel very confident in regards to our preparedness and readiness" says @EsperDoD of US troop posture in the Middle East re: #Iran snapback sanctons
"The country that is isolated today is not the UnitedStates but #Iran" per @SecPompeo

"I wish that they would join us in this," Pompeo says of the #E3 "The European people will be safer as a result of the actions the United States has taken today"
"When we launched the maximum pressure campaign back in 2018 under President Trump's leadership, the critics said it wouldn't work. They were wrong..." per @SecPompeo
"Our sanctions have saved countless Muslim, Jewish & Christian lives by denying #Tehran access to more than $70 billion that could have otherwise gone to terror"per @SecPompeo "We've done this all while keeping a channel open for humanitarian trade and assistance"
"As we are demonstrating today, we'll keep it up until the #Iran|ian regime comes to the table & accepts a real deal for changing its behavior" per @SecPompeo on sanctions

"The American people should know that we will always put their safety first"
"The administration will not allow Iran to endanger the rest of the world with a fresh supply of ballistic missiles & conventional arms" per @USTreasury Sec Mnuchin, announcing sanctions vs the the Atomic Energy Organization of #Iran...
Fuller quote: "The United States is taking another important step to both protect the American people & deter #Iran|ian aggression against our troops, our interests & our allies & partners" per @EsperDoD
"We stand ready to respond to future #Iran|ian aggression & we remain committed to doing our part in the administration's maximum pressure campaign" per @EsperDoD
"Today's executive order will further disrupt #Iran|ian efforts to import & proliferate conventional weapons, helping protect US forces, our allies & partners & civilian populations until Iran complies w/international norms" per @EsperDoD
"We encourage #Tehran to cease its malign activities throughout the region & to act like a normal country" per @EsperDoD "But we're also prepared to respond to Iranian aggression...Our commanders have the authorities & resources they need to protect their troops..."
"We don't need a cheering section to validate our moral compass" per @USAmbUN re #Iran sanctions

"We do not find comfort based solely on numbers, particularly when the majority has found themselves in an uncomfortable position of under writing terrorism, chaos & conflict"
"The #UnitedStates will do everything necessary to ensure that the Islamic Republic of #Iran, the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism, cannot inflict even greater harm on the world w/more deadly weapons" per @USAmbUN

"We are doing this for peace..."

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