imposing sanctions on Iran, United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the United States "is terminating" the treaty. Mike Pompeo has said that the decision to end the treaty "is 39 years overdue". In response foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called the Trump administration an "outlaw regime" and Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei stated "America must receive another slap from the people of Iran with the defeat of sanctions". See also 1953 Iranian coup d'état United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action References 1955 in Iran 1955 in the United States Treaties concluded in 1955 Treaties entered into force in 1957 Iran–United States relations Bilateral treaties of the United States Treaties of Pahlavi Iran