Treasury Sanctions Iranian Organizations and Individuals Supporting Intelligence and Cyber Targeting
February 13, 2019 WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated an Iran-based entity that organizes international…
Remarks by Vice President Mike Pence at Warsaw Summit
Remarks by Vice President Mike Pence at Warsaw Summit February 14, 2019 Warsaw, Poland [Excerpts] Since day one of our administration, President Trump promised…
Attempted Space Launch by the Iranian Regime
Press Statement Robert Palladino Deputy Spokesperson Washington, DC February 7, 2019 In defiance of the international community, the Iranian regime continues to develop and test ballistic…
Secretary Pompeo’s Meeting With Iranian Women’s Rights Activist Masih Alinejad
Press Statement Robert Palladino Deputy Spokesperson Washington, DC February 4, 2019 Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo met today with Iranian women’s rights activist, journalist, and…
Treasury Designates Iran’s Foreign Fighter Militias in Syria along with a Civilian Airline Ferrying
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action against two Syria-based, Iran-backed militias composed of foreign…
Ministerial to Promote a Future of Peace and Security in the Middle East
MEDIA NOTE January 11, 2019 Joint Statement on the Ministerial to Promote a Future of Peace and Security in the Middle East The text of…
A Force for Good: America Reinvigorated in the Middle East
Speech Michael R. Pompeo Secretary of State The American University in Cairo Cairo, Egypt January 10, 2019 Thank you, Frank. Thank you to Frank Ricciardone.…
Warning to the Iranian Regime on Space Launches that Defy UNSCR 2231
Office of the Spokesperson Statement By Secretary Pompeo January 3, 2019 Warning to the Iranian Regime on Space Launches that Defy UNSCR 2231 The Iranian…
Israel’s Right to Self-Defense
Press Statement Robert Palladino Deputy Spokesperson Washington, DC December 28, 2018 The United States fully supports Israel’s right to defend itself against Iranian regional actions that…
Remarks at the United Nations Security Council Meeting on Iran
Remarks Michael R. Pompeo Secretary of State United Nations New York City December 12, 2018 SECRETARY POMPEO: Thank you very much, and good morning. Thank you…
Human Rights Day
Press Statement Michael R. Pompeo Secretary of State Washington, DC December 10, 2018 Seventy years ago, the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of…
‘No guarantee of rights’: The plight of Iranian workers
Distributing cookies to bus drivers seeking higher wages has landed one Iranian union activist in prison for five years. Ebrahim Madadi was charged with “assembly…
International Anticorruption Day
Press Statement Michael R. Pompeo Secretary of State Washington, DC December 7, 2018 Corruption facilitates transnational crime, fuels terrorism, obstructs economic growth and development, weakens…
A tale of torture in a Chinese internment camp for Uighurs
A young Uighur mother says she was tortured and subjected to other brutal conditions in one of the “re-education” camps in China’s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous…
Ambassador Haley on an Open Letter by Families of Political Prisoners in Iran
UNITED STATES MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS Office of Press and Public Diplomacy December 3, 2018 Press Release: Ambassador Haley on an Open…
Briefing on Iran
Special Briefing Brian Hook Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary of State and Special Representative for Iran en route to, Brussels, Belgium December 3, 2018 The…
Iran Test Launches Ballistic Missile Violating UN Security Council Ban
Press Statement Michael R. Pompeo Secretary of State Washington, DC December 1, 2018 The Iranian regime has just test-fired a medium range ballistic missile that…
The Iranian Regime’s Transfer of Arms to Proxy Groups and Ongoing Missile Development
Special Briefing Brian Hook Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary of State and Special Representative for Iran Joint Base Anacostia – Bolling Washington, DC November 29,…
