Mike Pompeo: Iran supports terrorist groups

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Washington's new chief diplomat lashed out at Iran on Sunday as he met Saudi leaders and headed to Israel to rally opposition to Tehran and brief US allies on US President Donald Trump's threat to quit the Iran nuclear deal.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who set off on his first diplomatic trip within hours of being sworn in, met on Sunday with Saudi King Salman after arriving in Riyadh and having dinner on Saturday with Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman.

Pompeo will arrive in Tel Aviv on Sunday afternoon to meet Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu then head to neighboring Jordan, wrapping up a weekend of talks with some of Iran's most fervent foes in the region.

After the meetings in Riyadh, he accused Iran of destabilizing the Middle East, including through its support for Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and for Shiite rebels in Yemen.

"(Iran) supports proxy militias and terrorist groups. It is an arms dealer to the Huthi rebels in Yemen and Iran conducts cyber-hacking campaigns. And it supports the murderous Assad regime," Pompeo said at a joint press conference with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir.

"Unlike the prior administration we will not neglect the vast scope of Iran's terrorism."

Trump is due to decide on May 12 whether to reimpose sanctions on Tehran or cancel the 2015 nuclear accord which many see as key to preventing Tehran from gaining atomic weapons.

But Trump and America's Middle East allies argue the deal, approved by Trump's predecessor Barack Obama, was too weak and needs to be replaced with a more permanent arrangement and supplemented by controls on Iran's missile program.

Jubeir said Riyadh supports "efforts aimed at improving the nuclear deal" and called for further sanctions against Iran for its "violations of international decisions on ballistic missiles, its support for terrorism and its interference in the affairs of countries in the region."

Pompeo said the nuclear deal "in its current form" does not do enough to make sure Iran never possesses atomic weapons, and again suggested Trump was ready to nix the agreement. READ MORE