Our sanctions do not give Iran the right to accelerate its nuclear program, it can never get near a nuclear bomb. We are looking very closely at that so it doesn't get below the one-year nuclear breakout time.

Brian Hook

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The secretary wanted to share some details behind what we have been saying publicly, we believe that Iran should try talks instead of threats. They have chosen poorly by focusing on threats.

Iran is an escalating threat and this seemed like a timely visit... by Brian Hook

Iran is an escalating threat and this seemed like a timely visit on his way to Sochi.

We have imposed the toughest sanctions ever on this Iranian regim... by Brian Hook

We have imposed the toughest sanctions ever on this Iranian regime.

Doing this will not impede our diplomacy. by Brian Hook

Doing this will not impede our diplomacy.

Secretary Pompeo will continue to use all the tools at our disposal to press the regime to change its destructive policies for the benefit of peace in the region and for the sake of its own people, who are the longest-suffering victims of this regime.

Under the cover of the Syrian war, the IRGC is now trying to plant military roots in Syria and establish a new strategic base to threaten Syria's neighbors such as Israel, in Iraq, I can announce today, based on declassified US military reports, that Iran is responsible for the deaths of at least 608 American service members. This accounts for 17 percent of all deaths of US personnel in Iraq from 2003 to 2011. This death toll is in addition to the many thousands of Iraqis killed by the IRGC's proxies.

There are better market conditions for us to accelerate our path to zero, we are not looking to grant any waivers or exceptions to our sanctions regime.

This has denied the regime access to well over $10 billion in (oil) revenue - a loss of at least $30 million a day.

With oil prices actually lower than they were when we announced our sanctions and global production stable, we are on the fast track to zeroing out all purchases of Iranian crude.

The only purpose in requesting it was to demand the release of the Americans that they’ve detained, given the sensitivity of that subject, I don’t want to go beyond what I said, that I requested the meeting, and I did have a discussion with them, and that’s as much as I can say on it.

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