Pompeo Says U.S. Will Do Everything It Can to Enforce U.N. Sanctions on Iran

August 20, 2020

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Iraq?s Foreign Minister Hussein at the State Department in Washington — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo puts on a protective face mask as he faces reporters with Iraq?s Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein at the State Department in Washington, U.S., August 19, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 20 (Reuters) – The United States will do everything it can to enforce United Nations sanctions on Iran if they are violated, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday following the U.S. move to restore all U.N. sanctions on Iran.

Pompeo told reporters at the United Nations it would be an “enormous mistake” not to extend the arms embargo on Iran, adding the U.S. will never allow Iran to freely buy and sell conventional weapons such as tanks.

(Reporting by Michelle Nichols at the United Nations; Writing by Daphne Psaledakis and Arshad Mohammed in Washington; Editing by Chris Reese)