Al-Monitor- Iranian officials and the normally divided Iranian�media have uniformly rejected and ridiculed the May 21 speech�by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo outlining 12 demands of�Iran that in essence would�fundamentally�transform the Islamic Republic.


Iran Newspaper, controlled by President Hassan Rouhani's administration, headlined its article on the speech��The illusions of the newly arrived politician.� The article stated that the speech outlined �Trump�s hostile policies toward Iran.� The Reformist Etemad chose the headline �Pompeo�s delusions� for its�front-page story. While the Donald Trump administration is promising unprecedented sanctions against Iran and trying to put pressure on Tehran, Etemad reported, America�s closest allies in Europe are busy negotiating with Iran on how to keep trade and the nuclear deal alive.

The newspaper�Javan,�affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, used its headline to call�Pompeo�s speech �bluster.� According to the�article, Pompeo had�tried to act like Trump�in his speech, making 25 false statements. In addition,�Pompeo said��Iran must� 15 times. The article charged�that when Pompeo was 14, the United States�would say what Iran �must� do, and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi�would say �yes,� but then Iran kicked out the shah. Javan described�Pompeo�s 12 demands as �unintentionally listing America�s failures and Iran�s ascending strength.�

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