Vice President Mike Pence says the threat from Iran 'continues to be very real,' but so far the regime appears to be standing down
Vice President Mike Pence says the threat from Iran"continues to be very real," but so far the regime appears to be standing down.
President Donald Trump took"decisive action," according to Pence when he ordered the airstrike that killed Iran's top military general, Qassam Soleimani, near Baghdad International Airport in Iraq on Jan. 2. Pence argued that Trump's directive not only"took the world's most dangerous terrorist off the battlefield," but also"sent a very clear message that the United States will defend our people, will defend our interests."
In the days after the U.S. airstrike, the Iranian government announced it will no longer abide by any of the operational restraints on its nuclear program under the 2015 deal with the international community, which the Trump administration withdrew the United States from in May 2018. Meanwhile, Iraq's parliament voted on Sunday to expel American troops from the country.
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