Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo condemned the “unprecedented threats” by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, in which he threatened to retaliate against the 2020 killing of Iranian Revolutionary Guards Quds Force commander, Qassem Soleimani.
In an interview with Fox News on Monday evening, Pompeo said Iran, which he described as the largest state sponsor of terrorism, was threatening to kill him and former President Donald Trump.
“There is a real security risk,” he warned.
Pompeo threw more criticism at the administration of President Joe Biden, noting that it bears the responsibility to protect every American from the Iranian threats.
He also defended the decision to kill Soleimani in an air strike near Baghdad airport in January 2020, stressing that if he went back in time, he would change nothing in Trump’s orders to launch the raid.
“We were defending the United States and keeping the American people safe, and Soleimani actively participated in the conspiracy against America,” he told Fox News.
“We took legitimate military action to make sure no Americans were killed and it was a good and right decision,” he underlined.
Pompeo complained about the weak position of the United States in the ongoing Vienna negotiations over the Iranian nuclear file.
He noted that the world “sees President Joe Biden as weak,” which benefits Iran, adding that the deal sought by Tehran would provide it with “large amounts of money and allow it to get nuclear and conventional weapons by 2025.
This is the “worst deal in history,” he added.
Iran would “take revenge for their killing of Soleimani” if Trump and Pompeo were not brought to justice, Raisi threatened on Monday.
