In a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Vice President Pence remarked that "the U.S. has implemented a maximum pressure campaign to change Iran's malign behaviour and hold the regime accountable for its destructive actions. And that campaign is working". "The Iranian people are protesting against the regime", Pence continued. "The Iranian economy is reeling under unprecedented U.S. sanctions. And now Iran must choose between caring for its people and continuing to fund its proxies who destabilise the region and threaten Israel. The Iranian regime openly advocates another Holocaust and seeks the means to achieve it". He went on to pledge that "we will continue to oppose Iran's malign influence", adding that "under this President, America will never allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon".