Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, for example, has laid out a far-reaching case against Iran in a series of speeches over the past year. In the first, just over a year ago, he described Iran in uncompromising terms as a security threat and vowed an all-out campaign of economic sanctions that would leave the country “battling to keep its economy alive.”

Source: Los Angeles Times May 27, 2019 11:48 UTC