Pompeio vowed that the United States would use all means to prevent China and Russia from selling weapons to Iran

On the 19th, in an interview with Fox News on the Iranian issue, US Secretary of state pompeio said: any country that prevents the United States from imposing sanctions on Iran will be responsible for this. On August 14 local time, trump authorities put forward a draft resolution to extend the arms embargo against Iran indefinitely in the UN Security Council. Not only did China and Russia explicitly oppose the draft, but also Germany, Britain, France and other traditional allies of the United States abstained from voting. Among the members of the Security Council, only Dominica supported the draft. However, this diplomatic failure, which the US media called “the United States is isolated”, cannot stop Trump’s determination to push forward the sanctions against Iran. In an interview with Fox News on the 19th, pompeio almost scolded the relevant parties on the Iranian issue. < / P > < p > as usual, pompeio first named China and Russia. “The United States will use all means to prevent China and Russia from selling weapons and equipment to Iran,” he said in an interview, adding that the weapons sold by China and Russia “threaten the peace in the Middle East region.”. For Germany, Britain and France, who abstained in the voting on the 14th, pompeio also criticized them for “lacking courage” and “not daring to do the right thing”. The most amazing thing is that pompeio criticized former President Obama and former Secretary of state Kerry in his speech. He said the two former senior US officials “didn’t set a good example and only manipulated behind the scenes.”. After publishing his criticism of the two men, pompeio played the routine of “stepping on one hand and holding one hand” again, claiming that his immediate boss, trump, “sets an example” and dares to stand up on the Iranian issue. According to the previous statements of the United States, pompeio’s so-called “stand up” refers to the use of an insurance clause named “snapback” in Security Council resolution 2231 (2015). According to this clause, other permanent members of the Security Council with veto power, even if they oppose the draft of US sanctions against Iran, can not use their veto power to block the United States. They can only stop the United States by initiating a vote, and this vote can be vetoed by the United States with its veto power. However, this “rogue clause”, which makes the United States take advantage of its advantages and is regarded as a magic weapon by trump and pompeio, is actually the “masterpiece” of the Obama administration in promoting the Iran nuclear agreement. As a result, pompeio criticizes himself and Trump’s “predecessors” while honestly using the terms signed by others. It’s very funny and irritating. < / P > < p > after all, netizens will never forget that in 2018, it was trump who announced his intention to withdraw from Iran’s nuclear agreement. Today, Trump’s original withdrawal statement is still on the official website of the White House!