Iran 'biggest state sponsor of terrorism': US defence secretary

[Dawood Ibrahim]

US Defence Secretary James Mattis said Saturday that Iran was the world's biggest state sponsor of terrorism, as President Donald Trump slapped fresh sanctions on the country's weapons procurement network.

“As far as Iran goes, this is the single biggest state sponsor of terrorism in the world,” Mattis said at a press conference in Tokyo, but added that the US had no plans to increase troop numbers in the Middle East in response.

“It does no good to ignore it. It does no good to dismiss it and at the same time I don't see any need to increase the number of forces we have in the Middle East at this time,” he said.

“We always have the capability to do so but right now I don't think it's necessary.”

US officials said that the new sanctions, announced on Friday, were in response to Iran's ballistic missile test this week and its support for Houthi rebels in Yemen, who recently targeted a Saudi warship.

The new sanctions do not yet mean that the US has abandoned commitments it made under an earlier deal to lift measures aimed at Iran's nuclear programme, officials said.

But Trump has made no secret of his contempt for that accord, which his predecessor Barack Obama approved in July 2015, and officials said Friday's measures would not be the last against the country.


http://www.dawn.com/news/1312674/iran-biggest-state-sponsor-of-terrorism-us-defence-secretary

 

[Hassan Guy]

I know this may not go well

But ever Pakistani would like to thank Iran.

You guys are causing so much trouble nowdays with the US.

They have completely forgotten about us.

 

[Politico]

the usa is so fcukd under trump

 

[Erl]

I know this may not go well

But ever Pakistani would like to thank Iran.

You guys are causing so much trouble nowdays with the US.

They have completely forgotten about us.

 

[Hassan Guy]

Not too long ago it was the other way around.

 

[Erl]

Not too long ago it was the other way around.

You may be right but their strategy towards Iran is the same perhaps under different tactics. I know nothing of yours

 

[Hassan Guy]

You may be right but their strategy towards Iran is the same perhaps under different tactics. I know nothing of yours

Trump is president, it could be anything.
But it has historically been very Afghanistan centric.

 

[Indus Pakistan]

Thank you, Iran. While the Tom is after Jerry, Pakistan makes more nuke food ...


*You know what the laugh is going to be. You will have Pakistani's later accusing Itan being a stooge of USA and Israel when thos two countries are itching to bomb Iran into the stone age, failing that slap every known sanction they can think off.

 

[raptor22]

Who cares what they say.

 

[Arabi]

Iran has helped terrorists since 1979 whether with weapons or money.
Here's a list of Iran-backed terrorist organizations in Iraq which they lately have merged into one terror group called JAHSH Militia.

Link to the list Iran's terrorist organizations in Iraq

Here;s another list of many Iran-backed terrorist organizations in various countries in the region, then they say we don't fund terrorism !

Not to mention the harmonious and longstanding relation between Iran and (Daesh, Alqaeda and Taliban)

 

[الأعرابي]

Still remember Iranians in this forum hailing for Trump when he won LMAO

 

[Hassan Guy]

Iran has helped terrorists since 1979 whether with weapons or money.
Here's a list of Iran-backed terrorist organizations in Iraq which they lately have merged into one terror group called JAHSH Militia.

Link to the list Iran's terrorist organizations in Iraq

Here;s another list of many Iran-backed terrorist organizations in various countries in the region, then they say we don't fund terrorism !

Not to mention the harmonious and longstanding relation between Iran and (Daesh, Alqaeda and Taliban)

.....


That is fairly convincing.

 

[Timur]

Iran has helped terrorists since 1979 whether with weapons or money.
Here's a list of Iran-backed terrorist organizations in Iraq which they lately have merged into one terror group called JAHSH Militia.

Link to the list Iran's terrorist organizations in Iraq

Here;s another list of many Iran-backed terrorist organizations in various countries in the region, then they say we don't fund terrorism !

Not to mention the harmonious and longstanding relation between Iran and (Daesh, Alqaeda and Taliban)

sadrist militias lol I read sadist militias

oh so much carriers of the xellow flag

 

[Erl]

sadrist militias lol I read sadist militias

oh so much carriers of the xellow flag