IFP - The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) has called on US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to apologize for supporting Trump�s anti-Iran policies.






The council made the comment in a statement issued ahead of Pompeo�s address on Iran in California Sunday, July 22. The NIAC organized a letter from prominent Iranian Americans objecting to the Trump administration�s efforts to destabilise Iran.

�Today, Secretary Pompeo will seek to co-opt the grievances of the Iranian-American community to sell policies that will ensure the Iranian people are squeezed by � harsh sanctions,� read the Sunday statement.

�The letter lays out concrete asks for Secretary Pompeo to reverse the administration�s disastrous approach, which would relieve the pressure on the Iranian people,� the statement also read.

�If you truly wish to help the people of Iran, lift the Travel ban, adhere to the Iran nuclear deal�the JCPOA�and provide the people of Iran the economic relief they were promised and have eagerly awaited for three years, as every independent media has reported,� reads part of the letter.

�We don�t believe any of these proposals will be considered, and we fear that few if any serious questions about the administration�s approach will be addressed at the event Sunday night,� the statement further read.

�Clearly, Sec. Pompeo is hoping to elevate voices who would set the US and Iran on a collision course to conflict over the majority in the Iranian-American community who have been shocked and dismayed by this administration�s disastrous approach. The Iranian-American community will not be silent and will continue to push back on Sec. Pompeo and any other officials undermining the Iranian people and our community.� read the statement.

The NIAC also lashed out at the Trump administration�s anti-Iran policies as a whole.

�The Trump administration can�t support the Iranian people�s aspirations for freedom and prosperity by impoverishing them with sanctions and fomenting unrest, and can�t show solidarity when it bars the Iranian people from securing visas to pursue their dreams,� read the statement. �The Trump administration is not a friend of the Iranian people or the Iranian-American community, and no single speech will change that fact,� the statement added.