May 26, 2018
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has listed 12 demands he says must be included in any new nuclear deal with Iran.
The conditions, delivered by Pompeo during a speech at the Heritage Foundation in Washington May 21, were as follows:
• Declare to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) a full account of the past military dimensions of its nuclear program and permanently and verifiably abandon such work in perpetuity.
• Stop enrichment and never pursue plutonium reprocessing, including closing its heavy water reactor.
• Provide the IAEA with unqualified access to all sites throughout the entire country.
• End its proliferation of ballistic missiles and halt further launching or development of nuclear-capable missiles.
• Release all US citizens, as well as citizens of US partners and allies.
• End support to Middle East “terrorist” groups, including Hezbollah, Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
• Respect the sovereignty of the Iraqi government and permit the disarming, demobilization and reintegration of Shia militias.
• End its military support for the Houthi militia and work towards a peaceful, political settlement in Yemen.
• Withdraw all forces under Iranian command throughout Syria.
• End support for the Taliban and other “terrorists” in Afghanistan and the region and cease harboring senior al-Qaeda leaders.
• End Qods Force support for “terrorists” and “militant” partners around the world.
• End its threatening behavior against its neighbors, many of whom are US allies. This includes its threats to destroy Israel and its firing of missiles in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, and threats to international shipping and destructive cyber attacks.
