The U.S. is set to start the week by announcing 'significant' sanctions, while Iran said it could shoot down another U.S. drone if necessary.
but tensions between the United States and Iran looked set to ramp up elsewhere Monday.
Iran was complying with the deal's terms, which limited its nuclear activities in return for lifting international sanctions. Trump has always hated the deal, saying it did not properly address Iran's growing influence in the region and ballistic missiles program. ."If they want something beyond the JCPOA, they should offer something beyond the JCPOA; with international guarantees," he added, referring to the nuclear deal's official name, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.drastically stepped up its secret hacking of foreign computer networks
"They try hard, but have not carried out a successful attack," Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, Iran's minister for information and communications technology,The tensions looked set to dominate Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit starting Monday to Saudi Arabia, one of Iran's regional enemies. The secretary of state is also expected to meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Saudi city of Jiddah, before heading to Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, another close U.S. ally and partner.
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