Paul Ryan: Iran is the world’s largest sponsor of state terrorism

AP, September 13, 2017 – In a lengthy interview with the AP, the US House Speaker, Paul Ryan said Iran is the largest state sponsor of terrorism and the main source of destabilizing the region.
Julie Pace, Washington bureau chief for The Associated Press asked the speaker to comment on Iran saying the president has talked pretty tough on Iran but the administration has continued to authorize the nuclear deal. When you get briefed, do you see any sign that Iran is not complying with the nuclear deal?
Speaker Ryan said “I see Iran doing so many things to skirt the line. I see Iran doing so many things to destabilize the region. I see Iran doing so many things outside of JCPOA, on ballistic missiles, on proliferation, on funding terrorist groups, on putting rockets into other countries to attack Israel. So I see Iran as a belligerent force in the Middle East doing everything they can to fund and destabilize their neighbors. So I think what Iran is trying to do is basically to undermine their neighbors and export terror.”
Mr Ryan added “I know it wasn’t part of the nuclear deal, but that’s part of a problem we have which is Iran trying to destabilize their neighbors and being the world’s largest sponsor of state terrorism.”