Pompeo: Gulf must unite against Iran!

US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo gives a press conference.-

• Pompeo reassured Saudi Arabia that the United States would abandon the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.

New US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo underscored the need for unity in the Gulf during a brief visit to the Saudi capital on Sunday as Washington aims to muster support among allies for new sanctions against Iran.Pompeo reassured Saudi Arabia that the United States would abandon the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, reached under President Donald Trump's predecessor Barack Obama, unless there is an agreement in talks with European partners to improve it to make sure the Islamic Republic never possesses a nuclear weapons. "Iran destabilises this entire region," Pompeo said at a joint press conference with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al Jubeir. "It supports proxy militias and terrorist groups. It is an arms dealer to the Houthi rebels in Yemen. It supports the murderous Assad regime (in Syria) as well."

Pompeo also addressed the rift between some Gulf countries and Qatar: "Gulf unity is necessary and we need to achieve it."