2018年CRI U.S. Secretary of State vows to deter Iran in major policy speech

U.S. Secretary of State vows¹ to deter² Iran in major policy speech

In his first major policy speech after taking office, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has vowed³ to deter Iran on all fronts in the middle east after the US pulled out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

He also outlined 12 basic requirements from the US side if a new deal on the Iran nuclear issue is to be negotiated, threatening that Iran will face bigger problems than ever before if it restarts its alleged⁴ nuclear program.

Our Washington correspondent Liu Kun has the details.

In a speech delivered at Washington think tank the Heritage Foundation, Pompeo started by assailing⁵ the Joint⁶ Comprehensive Plan of Action, commonly known as the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

He said the pact⁷ is not able to guarantee the safety of Americans and posed the potential threat of putting Iran on the track of pursuing its nuclear ambition again.

The 2015 deal, a major diplomatic legacy⁸ from the Obama era, came after years of tension over Iran's alleged efforts to develop a nuclear weapon, with Iran insisting that its nuclear program was entirely⁹ peaceful. The Trump¹⁰ administration announced the decision to pull out of the deal about two weeks ago.

Pompeo said the US is re-imposing its previous sanctions against Iran and will impose more.

"First, we will apply unprecedented¹¹ financial pressure on the Iranian regime. The leaders in Tehran will have no doubt about our seriousness. Thanks to our colleagues at the Department of Treasury¹², sanctions are going back in full effect and new ones are coming. "

Pompeo then said economic sanction is only the beginning of the new US strategy on Iran and this administration's goal is to deter Iran on all fronts in the middle east.

On the future of solving the Iran nuclear issue, Pompeo declared that the US will only consider a new deal, instead of renegotiating the current one.

"We will not repeat the mistakes of past administrations, and we will not renegotiate the JCPOA itself."

Pompeo listed 12 requirements from the US side, saying the US will only consider negotiating if Iran will meet these requirements. These include Iran declaring to the IAEA a full account of the prior military dimensions of its nuclear program, stopping enrichment and never pursuing plutonium reprocessing, closing its heavy water reactor¹³, ending its ballistic missiles program, giving the IAEA unlimited¹⁴ access to all sites throughout the entire country, and releasing detained American citizens, among other issues.

He says the United States will send teams around the globe to explain the U.S. motives¹⁵ and build a global momentum¹⁶.

Pompeo's speech dominated mainstream¹⁷ American media coverage¹⁸ on Monday, but many are questioning how feasible the policies are. Citing experts on US-Iran relations, the Washington Post reports that most of the 12 requirements listed by Pompeo are non starters and will only lead to bitter confrontation¹⁹ between the two countries.

For CRI, this is Liu Kun reporting from Washington.

1 vows   

誓言( vow的名词复数 )； 郑重宣布，许愿

参考例句：

• Matrimonial vows are to show the faithfulness of the new couple. 婚誓体现了新婚夫妇对婚姻的忠诚。
• The nun took strait vows. 那位修女立下严格的誓愿。

2 deter   

vt.阻止，使不敢，吓住

参考例句：

• Failure did not deter us from trying it again.失败并没有能阻挡我们再次进行试验。
• Dogs can deter unwelcome intruders.狗能够阻拦不受欢迎的闯入者。

3 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

4 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

5 assailing   

v.攻击( assail的现在分词 )；困扰；质问；毅然应对

参考例句：

• Last-minute doubts were assailing her. 最后一分钟中的犹豫涌上心头。 来自辞典例句
• The pressing darkness increased the tension in every student's heart, assailing them with a nameless fear. 黑暗压下来，使每个人的心情变得更紧张。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）

6 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

7 pact   

n.合同，条约，公约，协定

参考例句：

• The two opposition parties made an electoral pact.那两个反对党订了一个有关选举的协定。
• The trade pact between those two countries came to an end.那两国的通商协定宣告结束。

8 legacy   

n.遗产，遗赠；先人(或过去)留下的东西

参考例句：

• They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
• He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。

9 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

10 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

11 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

12 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

13 reactor   

n.反应器；反应堆

参考例句：

• The atomic reactor generates enormous amounts of thermal energy.原子反应堆发出大量的热能。
• Inside the reactor the large molecules are cracked into smaller molecules.在反应堆里，大分子裂变为小分子。

14 unlimited   

adj.无限的，不受控制的，无条件的

参考例句：

• They flew over the unlimited reaches of the Arctic.他们飞过了茫茫无边的北极上空。
• There is no safety in unlimited technological hubris.在技术方面自以为是会很危险。

15 motives   

n.动机，目的( motive的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• to impeach sb's motives 怀疑某人的动机
• His motives are unclear. 他的用意不明。

16 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

17 mainstream   

n.（思想或行为的）主流；adj.主流的

参考例句：

• Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
• Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。

18 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

19 confrontation   

n.对抗，对峙，冲突

参考例句：

• We can't risk another confrontation with the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。
• After years of confrontation,they finally have achieved a modus vivendi.在对抗很长时间后，他们最后达成安宁生存的非正式协议。