U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testifies that North Korea has not responded in recent days to queries by the United States to prepare logistics for an upcoming summit during his appearance at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 24, 2018. REUTERS/Toya Sarno Jordan
Washington Examiner: Mike Pompeo: US should expose wealth of corrupt Iranian leaders
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wants to expose the wealth of Iranian leaders as part of a campaign to stoke frustration with the regime’s economic management and aggressive foreign policy.
“You have senior leaders that are pocketing money, using businesses that are nominally fronts, and frankly, just stealing,” Pompeo told the Persian affiliate of Voice of America, a U.S.-funded outlet, in an interview published Friday. “To the extent we can prove that and demonstrate that, I’d welcome the chance to expose it so the Iranian people can judge for themselves whether these are the individuals they want to lead their country.”
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WNU Editor: I am sure the Iranian people have a very good idea on how corrupt their government is. But learning the details is something that I am sure many Iranians would like to know .... even if the source is the U.S. Treasury Department.
