Secretary of State Pompeo makes unscheduled trip to Iraq amid warnings Iran is considering attack on U.S. forces in Middle East
By Carol Morello Carol Morello National reporter focusing on foreign policy and State Department Email Bio Follow May 7 at 5:19 PM Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a sudden, unscheduled trip to Baghdad on Tuesday, as an aircraft carrier and Air Force bombers headed to the Middle East amid warnings that Iran was contemplating an attack on U.S. troops in the region.
Such stealth is not unprecedented. Similar silence was required of reporters who accompanied Pompeo on his first visit as secretary of state to Pyongyang, North Korea, and on a visit his predecessor, Rex Tillerson, made to Afghanistan. The rhetoric between Tehran and Washington has become increasingly belligerent in recent weeks, with the administration hinting that more sanctions are imminent and Iran vowing to protect itself from “economic terrorism.”
Iranian officials have said they are reconsidering full cooperation with the landmark nuclear agreement in response to the Trump administration’s pressure campaign, though it would be short of a complete withdrawal. President Hassan Rouhani is expected to announce a decision Wednesday, exactly one year since Trump pulled out of the 2015 nuclear agreement negotiated with five other world powers.
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