Secretary of State Mike Pompeo asserted that “Iran shouldn’t be able to traffic in weapons” and maintained: “[intelligence] operators around the world will see that the Europeans have taken truly a middle position on this. That is, ‘We like the outcome; we don't like the process', and they’ll adhere to the provisions of the outcome”. He further claimed that Iran would “continue to seed terror around the world and be able to have terror campaigns that are prepared to turn on a moment’s notice… I think intelligence agencies around the world see this. I think they understand the risk. And so, I think, as an operational matter, we’ll see excellent cooperation on these things”.