Senior U.S. officials slam Iranian regime’s malign activities

Analysis by MPOI/MEK

Sept. 26, 2018 – The Iranian regime finds itself the target of stern and unprecedented warnings issued by senior U.S. administration officials on Tuesday at a session held on the sidelines of the 73^rd United Nations General Assembly.

Supporters of the Iranian opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) were holding a rally outside the UN building protesting the presence of Iranian regime president Hassan Rouhani at the event.

Hours after U.S. President Donald Trump’s GA speech focused on the Iranian people’s outrage of the mullahs’ regime plundering their resources for their own benefit and spreading mayhem across the region and beyond, U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton emphasized “we are watching, and we will come after you” if the mullahs’ regime continues its dangerous course.

Tensions are on the rise between the U.S. and its regional allies against the Iranian regime. This comes especially after the mullahs’ Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei accused Gulf states of organizing a recent attack in Ahvaz, southwest Iran, and receiving support from Washington. An allegation flatly denied by the mentioned parties.

Ambassador Bolton made it clear that the Iranian regime’s ruling mullahs “have a choice to make. We have laid out a path toward a bright and prosperous future for all of Iran, one that is worthy of the Iranian people, who have long suffered under the regime’s tyrannical rule.”

The Iranian regime, he added, “brazenly supports the criminal Assad regime in Syria” and was “complicit in Assad’s chemical weapons attacks on his own people.”

“The days of impunity for Tehran and its enablers are over. The murderous regime and its supporters will face significant consequences if they do not change their behavior. Let my message today be clear: We are watching, and we will come after you,” Ambassador Bolton added, signaling Washington’s seriousness in confronting Tehran’s ongoing bellicosity.

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was another speaker at the UANI summit, criticizing other countries for “enabling” Iranian-sponsored terrorism through their cooperation with Tehran to bypass U.S. sanctions.

“Just a few months ago, authorities across Europe arrested several Iranian operatives … as part of a plot to plant a bomb at a political rally in France,” Pompeo said, adding that France is also implementing other measures against Tehran.

“The United States will continue to coalesce international efforts to change Iranian behavior through pressure, deterrence, and support for the people of Iran,” he said, while adding the following remarks directly to the Iranian people: “The United States hears you; the United States supports you; the United States is with you.”