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On Wednesday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will lead a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Iran.

“Secretary Pompeo will underscore the Administration’s unyielding resolve to address the Iranian regime’s threats to international peace and security through their continued development and proliferation of ballistic missiles in defiance of United Nations Security Council Resolutions,” Robert Palladino, deputy spokesperson of the State Department said.

President Donald Trump tweeted in anticipation of the meeting, criticizing the Obama administration for the Iran deal.

“The Democrats and President Obama gave Iran 150 Billion Dollars and got nothing, but they can’t give 5 Billion Dollars for National Security and a Wall?” Trump wrote.

The meeting comes after increased tension between the US and Iran. On Wednesday, Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei condemned the US again, the latest in a series of increasingly aggressive speeches against the Trump administration since it reinstated economic sanctions.

“Everyone should be vigilant, because our enemy America is sly and evil … and may have plans for 2019,” Khamenei said. “But we are stronger than them and they will fail as they have in the past.”

Two weeks ago, Iran launched a ballistic missile and Pompeo argued it was a violation of the UN Security Council 2231, which prohibits Iran from launching rockets designed to carry nuclear weapons.

“Iran’s missile testing & missile proliferation is growing. We condemn this act and call upon Iran to cease these activities,” Pompeo wrote on Twitter.