Iran regime is criminal, suppresses its people and supports terror, says US Secretary of State Pompeo

Photo showing US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen at the US State Department in Washington, DC on June 20, 2018. (AFP)

• Top diplomat says Tehran “funds terrorism while Iranians are hungry and in need.”
• Says Iranians “deserve respect for their human rights.”

LONDON: The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has attacked the Iranian government, calling it a criminal regime that suppresses its people.
In a tweet on his Twitter account Pompeo said the “Tehran regime is criminal and suppresses its citizens and does not respect their rights.”
This regime, he added, “funds terrorism while Iranians are hungry and in need.”
The tweet also stated that “5,000 Iranians were arrested during protests in January; 30 women were put in prison for protesting against wearing the veil; in addition to the imprisonment of Sufis and environmental activists. The regime also arrested 430 farmers in Isfahan Province.”
Pompeo added that “Iranians deserve respect for their human rights.”
In another tweet, Pompeo publishes a photo of Major Gen. Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the Revolutionary Guards Quds Brigade, with a comment saying “Iran’s corrupt regime has enriched the IRGC, Hezbollah and Hamas and squandered the country’s wealth on foreign proxy wars while Iranian families struggle.”