Iran tensions ratchet as US scraps treaty
By: Joe Gould   19 hours ago
WASHINGTON — U.S.-Iran relations took a tense new turn Wednesday as U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo threatened Tehran over attacks on U.S. missions in Iraq and announced the termination of a 60-year old amity treaty with Tehran.
At a State Department press conference Wednesday, Pompeo announced the U.S. is unilaterally exiting the 1955 Treaty of Amity with Iran, which covers economic relations and consular rights, calling the move decades overdue and Iran’s claims under the treaty “meritless.â€
The U.S. and Iran have seen their relationship deteriorate since President Donald Trump in May pulled the United States out of the Obama-era nuclear deal, which lifted sanctions in exchange for limits on Tehran’s nuclear program.
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