介绍： Hello, This is Kathy Clugston with the BBC news.

President Trump has warned Iran that it will face consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered if it threatens the United States again. Earlier, in a speech in California to hundreds of mostly sympathetic Iranian Americans, the US ...

介绍： Hello, This is Kathy Clugston with the BBC news.

President Trump has warned Iran that it will face consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered if it threatens the United States again. Earlier, in a speech in California to hundreds of mostly sympathetic Iranian Americans, the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo likened the Iranian government to the mafia. Barbara Plett-Usher was there.

This is the first time a top US official has directly addressed such a large group of Iranian Americans. It's part of the administration strategy to increase the pressure on Iran's leadership. Mr. Pompeo launched a blistering verbal attack against the government, claiming that it contained no political moderates, and denouncing officials by name for plundering the country's wealth, including the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. At the same time, he promised support for Iranian people who are unhappy with the government. He didn't give much detail, though, and was careful not to endorse America-led regime change.