Meeting US demands would enormously benefit Iranians: US Secretary of State
Washington DC: Days after he listed out a set of 12 demands to Iranian regime including giving up its nuclear weapons ambition, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said meeting these "simple requirements" would benefit the Iranian people to an enormous extent.
On Monday, in his first major foreign policy speech, Pompeo demanded that Iran give up its nuclear weapons ambition, stop its alleged destabilising behaviour in the region, and stop uranium enrichment, among other demands.
He also sought the support of European allies and other global partners and friends, including India. "These are a set of simple requirements that the Iranian regime could quite easily comply with, and it would benefit the Iranian people to an enormous extent," Pompeo told reporters at a State Department news conference on Tuesday.
"Frankly, what we laid out seemed like a pretty straightforward set of requirements that we would put on any country in the world to stop malign behaviour that threatens other of its neighbours and other parts of the world," he said.
Pompeo, in a major speech, threatened tougher sanctions against Iran.
Sanctions that had been lifted under the Iran nuclear deal -- which America pulled out of early this month -- are due to go back into effect, and they are expected to pressure an already shaky economy.