President Trump says Iran must stop funding terrorists and militias

NTD Staff
By NTD Staff
May 22, 2017US News
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President Trump says Iran must stop funding terrorists and militias

President Trump said Iran must immediately stop its financial and military support for terrorists and militias on May 22.

He also said Iran should never be allowed nuclear weapons.

The president spoke a joint conference with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem.

“This moment in history calls for us to strengthen our cooperation, as both Israel and America face common threats from ISIS and other terrorist groups to countries like Iran that sponsor terrorism and fund and ferment terrible violence, not only here, but all over the world. Together we can work to end the scourge of violence that has taken so many lives here in Israel and around the world. Most importantly the United States and Israel can declare with one voice that Iran must never be allowed to possess a nuclear weapon, never ever and must cease its deadly funding, training and equipping of terrorists and militias and it must cease immediately. On those issues there is a strong consensus, among the nations of the world including many in the Muslim world,” said Trump.

Tehran has offered support to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Syria’s civil war, Houthi rebels in Yemen’s civil war, and the Hezbollah Shiite political party and militia in Lebanon. The United States has condemned these actions, saying it destabilizes the region.

Israel is Trump’s second stop on his first international trip. He flew to Tel Aviv from the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh.

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