Newsweek:
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has warned that Iran’s unmatched missile capabilities in the region presented a threat to Europe, which has so far advocated for a more moderate approach than the United States to the revolutionary Shiite Muslim power.
Addressing the United Nations Security Council, Pompeo said Wednesday that “Iran has the largest ballistic missile force in the Middle East,” including “more than 10 ballistic missile systems in its inventory or in development.” The top U.S. diplomat argued that its longtime Middle East foe had “hundreds of missiles that pose a threat to our partners in the region” and some that went even further.
“The U.S. will be relentless in building a coalition to confront the Iranian regime’s ballistic missile activity—and other malign behavior, including the abuse of its own people. We will keep standing with ordinary Iranians, who are the regime’s longest-suffering victims,” Pompeo said in a video he shared on Twitter.
