Pompeo Initiates 30-Day Iran Sanctions Snapback; Says Europeans ‘Chose to Side With the Ayatollahs’

As Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday initiated the process to restore almost all sanctions on Iran in one month’s time, he had blunt words for European allies who are rejecting the right of the U.S. to take the step, accusing them of choosing to “side with the ayatollahs.”