US VP Pence to lay out Iran policy in upcoming speech: White House
US Vice President Mike Pence will give a speech next
Monday laying out the government’s policy on Iran, a White House official said,
after the US killing of a top Iranian general sparked protests across the
Middle Eastern nation.
Pence will make the remarks at the Foundation for
Defense of Democracies’ National Security Summit in Washington, and is expected
to focus on differences between the Iranian people and their government, the
official said, declining to offer further details on content and speaking on
condition of anonymity.
Tensions between Washington and Tehran have
heightened since a US drone strike killed Iranian military commander Qassem
Soleimani at the Baghdad airport on Friday.
On Friday, Pence praised the controversial move,
tweeting that President Donald Trump “took decisive action and stood up against
the leading state sponsor of terror to take out an evil man who was responsible
for killing thousands of Americans.”
