{"id":52722,"date":"2018-04-29T14:09:35","date_gmt":"2018-04-29T14:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/29\/pompeo-in-saudi-arabia-talks-tough-on-iran-gulf-dispute\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:40:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:40:03","slug":"pompeo-in-saudi-arabia-talks-tough-on-iran-gulf-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/29\/pompeo-in-saudi-arabia-talks-tough-on-iran-gulf-dispute\/","title":{"rendered":"Pompeo, in Saudi Arabia, talks tough on Iran, Gulf dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RIYADH, Saudi Arabia \u2014 U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is using the Middle East leg of his first trip abroad as America\u2019s top diplomat to call for concerted international <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/24\/trump-warns-iran-will-pay-if-it-restarts-nuclear-program\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">action to punish Iran<\/a> for its missile programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He\u2019s also urging Saudi Arabia and its neighbors to resolve a long-festering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2017\/09\/14\/qatar-diplomatic-crisis-engulfs-a-major-us-military-base\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">dispute with Qatar<\/a> that U.S. officials say Iran is exploiting to boost its influence in the region, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/04\/18\/senators-want-to-know-if-us-military-advisers-in-yemen-are-helping-or-hurting-the-conflict\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">including in Yemen<\/a> and Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pompeo on Sunday met with Saudi King Salman, whose country, along with Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, is embroiled in a row with Qatar that had hobbled Gulf Arab unity and frustrated the U.S. as it seeks to blunt growing Iranian assertiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/04\/18\/senators-want-to-know-if-us-military-advisers-in-yemen-are-helping-or-hurting-the-conflict\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18058112424594.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Senators want to know if US military advisers in Yemen are helping or hurting the conflict<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">They grill DoD official on involvement in the world&#039;s largest humanitarian crisis.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think they would all agree that it\u2019s in everyone\u2019s best interests that the Gulf states all figure out how to be together,\u201d Pompeo told reporters as he traveled to Israel. \u201cWe\u2019ve got a common challenge in Iran I think they all recognize that. We\u2019re hopeful that they will in their own way figure out their dispute between them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ex-CIA chief arrived in Riyadh a day earlier, shortly after Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen fired missiles at Saudi Arabia\u2019s southern city of Jizan, killing one person and underscoring what U.S. officials said is a growing threat emanating from Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"649\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18119360218076.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-95844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18119360218076.jpg.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18119360218076.jpg.jpg?resize=300,190 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18119360218076.jpg.jpg?resize=768,487 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, is welcomed by Saudi King Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, April 29, 2018. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senior U.S. officials traveling with Pompeo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2017\/11\/08\/us-says-iran-is-arming-yemeni-rebels-with-ballistic-missiles\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">blamed Iran for smuggling the missiles into Yemen<\/a>. They said the incident highlighted the importance of the Trump administration\u2019s push to counter Iran in the region. Iran has also provided crucial support to Syrian President Bashar Assad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIran destabilizes this entire region,\u201d Pompeo said in brief remarks to journalists with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, taking no questions. While not mentioning Qatar by name, Pompeo also stressed that Gulf unity was \u201cessential.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Al-Jubeir said the kingdom \u201csupports the policy of the Trump administration against Iran and to improve the terms of the nuclear agreement with Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/03\/04\/iran-says-will-negotiate-if-west-dismantles-nuclear-arsenal\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-669659604.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Iran says will negotiate if West dismantles nuclear arsenal<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Iran\u2019s state-run IRNA news agency is reporting that a top military commander says Iran will negotiate over its missile program if the U.S. and Europe dismantle their nuclear programs.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mediation efforts led by Kuwait and supported by the U.S., including former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who Trump fired last month, have proven unsuccessful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pompeo\u2019s meetings in Saudi Arabia, to be followed by discussions in Israel and Jordan, come just weeks ahead of several key dates that could bring further volatility to the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump has set a May 12 deadline to decide whether to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal, something he appears likely to do despite heavy pressure to stay in from European and other parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two days later, the U.S. plans to open its new embassy in Jerusalem. That will mark a significant shift in decades of American policy toward Israel and the Palestinians, who also claim the holy city as their capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The embassy move is deeply opposed by the Palestinians, who on May 15 will mark the anniversary of what they term the \u201cnakba,\u201d or catastrophe, when they fled or were driven from their homes during the 1948 war that attended Israel\u2019s creation. Dozens of Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire during recent violent protests along border between Israel and Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Friday at a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels, the first stop on his trip, Pompeo repeated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/26\/mattis-says-iran-nuclear-deal-includes-robust-verification\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Trump\u2019s pledge to withdraw<\/a> from the Iran deal unless it is significantly strengthened. He said the U.S. was \u201cunlikely\u201d to stay in if that was not done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAbsent a substantial fix, absent overcoming the shortcomings, the flaws of the deal, he is unlikely to stay in that deal past this May,\u201d Pompeo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also looming over the trip is uncertainty over Trump\u2019s policy on Syria, which has shifted between a speedy all-out withdrawal of American forces and leaving a lasting footprint to deter Iran from completing a land bridge from Tehran to Beirut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pompeo also is taking a leading role in President Donald Trump\u2019s preparations for an expected summit in May or early June with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Pompeo, while en route to Israel, was asked whether a U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal would complicate negotiations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t think Kim Jung Un is staring at the Iran deal and saying, \u2019Oh goodness, if they get out of that deal, I won\u2019t talk to the Americans anymore. There are higher priorities, things he is more concerned about than whether the Americans stay\u201d in the accord, Pompeo said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is using the Middle East leg of his first trip abroad as America\u2019s top diplomat to call for concerted international action to punish Iran for its missile programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":95843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":8,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[101,8,12,25,67],"tags":[],"coauthors":[428],"class_list":["post-52722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-flashpoints","category-news","category-newsletters","category-pentagon-congress"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"QPWFPLKTWBBRFK6ESDARGXUPJY","arc_canonical_url":"\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/29\/pompeo-in-saudi-arabia-talks-tough-on-iran-gulf-dispute\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - 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