U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed in Jeddah on Monday to consult with r...
RIYADH - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed in Jeddah on Monday to consult with regional allies amid heightened tensions with Tehran after President Donald Trump called off a military strike to retaliate for Iran’s downing of an unmanned American drone.
The top U.S. diplomat, who will proceed to the United Arab Emirates , told reporters before departing that Washington wanted talks with Tehran even as it planned to impose “significant” new economic sanctions. Relations between longtime foes Iran and the United States have deteriorated since Trump withdrew Washington a year ago from the 2015 accord that curbed Tehran’s nuclear program in exchange for easing sanctions.
The report by the United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, Agnes Callamard, called on the United States to open an FBI investigation into the killing of Khashoggi, who had been living in Washington.
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