John Bolton: ‘Iran has been world’s central banker for terrorism since 1979’
President Donald Trump's national security adviser outlined the
administration's long-awaited counterterrorism strategy on Thursday and
offered harsh words for Iran.
John Bolton called Iran the "central banker of international terrorism."
He said the strategy will rely on military and nonmilitary means to
fight extremists, focusing on Daesh militants as well as those backed by
Iran and other groups.
Bolton said the US wants to isolate militants from their supporters,
modernize tools to counter them, protect US infrastructure and stymie
recruitment efforts.
The plan that Trump has approved also calls for strengthening border
control, limiting militants' ability to recruit online and sharing the
burden with allies.
It is the first US strategy on counterterrorism since President Barack Obama released his approach in 2011.
Bolton said that the US' objective is that "there would be no waivers
for purchasers of Iranian crude," and that the US could look at possible
cuts leading to zero.
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