Following its withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, which has angered many of its allies, the United States is seeking to form an international "coalition" against the Tehran regime and its "destabilizing activities," the United States said in a statement on Thursday. Department.
The idea will be discussed in detail on Monday by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in his first major Washington foreign policy speech since taking office at the end of April.
His speech will be dedicated to Iran and "how to move forward." "The United States will work hard to build a coalition," State Department spokeswoman Heather Nowert told reporters in Washington.
"We will bring together many countries around the world with the specific aim of seeing the Iranian regime in a more realistic light, not only in the light of the nuclear deal, but more (in the light of all its destabilizing activities, which "They are not only a threat to the region, but to the whole world." It will not be a coalition "against Iran," he said, "we make a clear distinction between the Iranian people" and "the Iranian regime."
"This is the Iranian regime and its malicious actions," he insisted.
Nauert cited the example of the international coalition against Islamic State (IS) jihadists, which has operated in Iraq and Syria since 2014.
Today, 75 countries and organizations participate in it. Under US leadership, this coalition has waged military operations against the jihadists, who have now been almost completely defeated on the ground.
Heather Nowert declined to say whether Washington wants the future coalition against the Iranian regime to have a military dimension as well.
He noted that the US Secretary of State received about 200 foreign ambassadors on Monday to explain Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the US from the 2015 agreement on Iran's nuclear program and to discuss what follows.
The decision by US President Donald Trump described the agreement, which was aimed at preventing the Islamic Republic from acquiring a nuclear arsenal, as too lax, and also strongly criticized the fact that it did not address the problem of Tehran's role in the Middle East. was strongly criticized by all other parts: Iran, but also France, Britain, China, Russia and Germany.
Asked if there was a willingness on the part of Europeans to join the new coalition, despite their frustration with Washington's policy, the US diplomat assured that many of the US partners "fully understand" the government's concerns and do not close their eyes ”in the face of Iranian behavior.
