Bolton: ‘The Iranian Regime Has Systemically Pursued a Policy of Hostility Toward the United States’

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BOLTON: "Thank you, Sarah. Earlier today, Secretary of State Pompeo made a very important announcement regarding the President’s decision to terminate the 1955 treaty of amity with Iran, a treaty Iran made a mockery of with its support for terrorism, provocative ballistic missile proliferation and malign behavior throughout the Middle East. Today’s decision by the International Court of Justice was a defeat for Iran. It correctly rejected nearly all of Iran’s requests, but we are disappointed that the ICJ failed to recognize that it has no jurisdiction to issue any order with respect to sanctions the United States imposes to protect its own essential security under the treaty. Instead, the court allowed Iran to use it as a forum for propaganda. The Iranian regime has systemically pursued a policy of hostility toward the United States that defames the central premise of the treaty of amity. The regime cannot practice animosity in its conduct and then ask for amity under international law."