'Our maximum economic pressure campaign remains but remember, President Trump has said that he wants a peaceful resolution with Iran,' said Morgan Ortagus, spokeswoman of the U.S. State Department.
The Trump administration's policy in the Middle East is to reward allies and not enemies, said Morgan Ortagus, spokeswoman of the U.S. State Department.
The U.S. on Saturday unilaterally restored United Nations' sanctions on Iran and imposed more of its own sanctions on Tehran on Monday. Those moves by the U.S. against Iran came as President Donald Trump tries to bolster his image as a champion for stability in the Middle East ahead of the November presidential election.SINGAPORE — The U.S. policy in the Middle East is to reward allies and not enemies, a spokeswoman of the U.S. State Department said, as Washington sought to increase pressure on Iran to give up its nuclear program.
"We have embarked on a policy in this administration, to reward and to embolden the Gulf Arab, our allies ... to embolden Israel, and to not reward an enemy," spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus told CNBC's Hadley Gamble on Wednesday.Washington on Saturday
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