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May 22, 2018

Pompeo’s Iran demands: A ‘bold’ vision or an ‘unrealistic’ wish list?

Policy Analyst James McKeon spoke with Circa about Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s demands for Iran detailed in a May 21 speech.

According to James McKeon, a policy analyst at the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation, the Obama administration kept these issues off the table during nuclear negotiations because it was clear Iran would not agree to such conditions.

“I agree with Secretary Pompeo on one thing and that’s that his goals would be great if they could be accomplished…,” McKeon said. “Where I strongly disagree with Secretary Pompeo is that any of these things are realistic.” Read more

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