Trump to clear $8bn Saudi weapons sale over Iran tensions
On Friday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo notified Congress of the administration's decision to make the sale. In a letter, widely reported in US media, he said that"Iranian malign activity" required the"immediate sale" of weapons.
He said the transfers"must occur as quickly as possible in order to deter further Iranian adventurism in the Gulf and throughout the Middle East". "[He] has failed once again to prioritise our long term national security interests or stand up for human rights," he said in a statement.The BBC’s Paul Adams looks at the recent developments behind the US-Iran tensions
Patrick Shanahan, the acting Defence Secretary, says the move was intended to counter"ongoing threats posed by Iranian forces, including the IRGC [Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps] and its proxies".Washington ended exemptions from sanctions for countries still buying from Iran
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