Secretary of State Pompeo argued that “the [U.S.] sanctions [against Iran] have been very effective, and we will enforce them everywhere.  We’ll enforce them against any company, any country, that continues to violate those sanctions.  We’ve already imposed sanctions on one company inside of China. We will continue to do that”. He added that “it is absolutely imperative that we deny the ayatollah and the Islamic Republic of Iran from having the wealth and resources to build a nuclear program that could threaten anyone in the world”.