Today, the United States is imposing financial sanctions and visa restrictions on Iranian individuals and entities under human rights-related authorities.   Standing with the Iranian People PRESS STATEMENT MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE MAY 20, 2020 Today, the United States is imposing financial sanctions and visa restrictions on Iranian individuals and entities under human …

Two years ago, President Trump announced the bold decision to protect the world from Iran’s violence and the nuclear threats it poses by exiting from the flawed Iran Deal and its façade of security. Since that time, we have built the strongest sanctions in history and prevented Iran from funding and equipping terrorists with many …

As Secretary Pompeo indicated yesterday, the United States is firm in its position that come October of this year the Iranian regime will not be able to buy convention weapons from Russia, China, or anywhere else.

Iran has long used its naval forces to terrorize the international maritime community – this is not a new phenomenon.

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of State sanctioned nine entities and three individuals who have engaged in activity that could enable the Iranian regime’s violent behavior.

Secretary Pompeo reiterated that the Government of Iraq must defend Coalition personnel supporting the Iraqi government’s efforts to defeat ISIS. Secretary Pompeo’s Call with Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abd al-Mahdi Readout Office of the Spokesperson March 16, 2020   The below is attributable to Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus: Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo spoke with …

The United States calls on the Islamic Republic of Iran to immediately release on humanitarian grounds all wrongfully detained Americans being held in Iran. The United States will hold the Iranian regime directly responsible for any American deaths. Our response will be decisive.

Iran needs to be essentially blacklisted from participating in the international financial system after the regime’s refusal to implement restrictions against terrorist financing, an international watchdog group said February 21.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani acknowledges that Iran’s regime is in dire straits. But rather than taking responsibility, he is asking the Iranian people to vote for more of the same.

One in 4 of Iran’s most educated citizens leave their country when given the opportunity. They leave in search of greater social and religious freedoms and for better employment opportunities.

Fearing for her safety, an Iranian chess referee is refusing to return home after photos showed her officiating at an international chess match without wearing an adequate headscarf.

Speech by Secretary of State Pompeo at The Hoover Institute at Stanford University, California

Statement from President Trump Regarding Executive Order to Impose Sanctions with Respect to Additional Sectors of Iran

The Trump administration’s maximum pressure campaign is wreaking havoc on Iran’s economy, and the campaign will continue as long as the Iranian regime pursues its destabilizing behavior.

A 29-year-old Iranian woman died on September 9 several days after setting herself on fire in front of a Tehran courthouse. She had just learned she might have to spend six months in jail for trying to watch a soccer (football) game.

Today, the Department of State designated the Iran Space Agency and two of its research institutes under Executive Order (E.O.) 13382, which targets proliferators of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and WMD delivery systems and their supporters – the first time the United States is publicly designating Iran’s civilian space agency.

The Iranian regime has stopped renewing foreign journalists’ credentials and even closed a newspaper friendly to its cause, part of a worsening crackdown in a country with an abysmal reputation for press freedoms.

Executive Order to Impose Sanctions on the Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran

Sharply higher U.S. energy production and cooperation with other major energy producers are strengthening the Trump administration’s ability to impose sanctions on Iran.

Recently, Christians in Iran faced a dramatic uptick in arrests — a 1,000 percent rise during 2018. The list includes more than 100 Christians detained for holding Christmas gatherings in their homes.

The regime in Tehran should understand that any attacks by them or their proxies of any identity against U.S. interests or citizens will be answered with a swift and decisive U.S. response. Our restraint to this point should not be mistaken by Iran for a lack of resolve.   Press Statement Michael R. Pompeo Secretary …

President Trump signed an executive order May 8 that authorizes secondary sanctions on individuals and financial institutions dealing in Iranian metals in order to deny the Iranian regime the cash it needs to fund its terrorist activities around the world.

The Trump administration continues to hold the Iranian regime accountable for activities that threaten the region’s stability and harm the Iranian people. This includes denying Iran any pathway to a nuclear weapon. As part of the administration’s unprecedented maximum pressure campaign to address the full range of Iran’s destructive activities, Secretary Pompeo has today tightened …

The Department of State is appalled by the Iranian regime’s secret execution of two 17-year old males, Mehdi Sohrabifar and Amin Sedaghat, in Adelabad prison in Shiraz, as reported by Amnesty International. According to this report, Iran has resumed its execution of minors, while attempting to keep this inhumane practice hidden from the world.

The United States strongly condemns the Iranian regime’s growing crackdown on women advocating for their human rights. We call on the Iranian authorities to end their harassment and imprisonment of women who are simply expressing their conscience and demanding basic rights. Press Statement Morgan Ortagus Department Spokesperson Washington, DC April 30, 2019   The United …

Fact Sheet Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC April 22, 2019   The United States is not granting any Significant Reduction Exceptions to existing importers of Iranian oil. Maximum pressure means maximum pressure. Secretary Pompeo announced his decision not to grant any Significant Reduction Exceptions to existing importers of Iranian oil. As the Secretary has …

Before the Iranian Islamic Revolution in 1979, Iranian women were acquiring rights along with women in other parts of the world. The Iranian Islamic Revolution wiped out those gains.

At a time when the Iranian people are demanding fiscal accountability, the Iranian regime has spent more than $16 billion propping up Syria’s Assad regime and supporting its other partners and proxies in Syria, Iraq and Yemen.

Senior Administration Officials on Iran

United States Imposes New Nuclear Sanctions on Iran as it Refuses To Answer Questions Related to Its Secret Nuclear Archive

Iranian authorities arrested and imprisoned at least 1.7 million of their own people in the Tehran area over the past four decades, and many were executed, a new report says.