Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Iran would face immense pressure if it decides to speed up development of its nuclear program.
“I hope they understand that if they begin to ramp up their nuclear program, the wrath of the entire world will fall upon them,” Pompeo said in an interview with conservative talk show host Hugh Hewitt that aired on MSNBC Saturday.
Pompeo, though, said that one shouldn’t confuse the word “wrath” for military action.
“Those are, when I say wrath, I mean the moral opprobrium and economic power that fell upon them, that’s what I’m speaking to,” he said. “I’m not talking to military action here.”
Hewitt then asked Pompeo if the U.S. was prepared to “do whatever it has to do to stop them from having a nuclear weapon?”
“President Trump’s been unambiguous about, in his statements, that says that Iran will not be able to obtain a nuclear weapon,” Pompeo responded.
His interview comes a few weeks after the Trump administration decided to pull out of the Iran nuclear agreement.
Pompeo said that the deal still let Iran enrich uranium.
“We cut a tougher deal on our allies, the Emirates, than we did on the Iranians with respect to nuclear power,” he said. “I laid down a dozen items that we’re asking Iran to do.”
