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US President Trump has identified Iran as his next target.
It’s Cuba, a Latin American country.
Among the four countries designated by the United States as state sponsors of terrorism, Iran and Syria have changed or are in the process of being replaced by regimes, and the only remaining countries are Cuba and North Korea.
Reporter Kim Jeong-geun reports.
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With the war against Iran not over yet, US President Trump has identified Cuba in Central and South America as the next target.
In an interview with the political media Politico yesterday, local time, he said, “Iran will not be the last regime to collapse, and Cuba will also collapse.”
On the same day, the White House also mentioned Cuba.
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“Cuba is hoping for a deal. You can’t imagine how desperate it is.”
Since ousting Venezuela‘s Maduro regime in January, the Trump administration has continued to exert all-out pressure targeting Cuba’s communist regime.
The supply of Venezuelan oil, which was the foundation of the Cuban economy, was cut off, and an executive order was issued allowing the imposition of tariffs on countries trading oil with Cuba, effectively blocking Cuba.
The United States believes that Cuba is supporting anti-American forces in Central and South America.
Of the four state sponsors of terrorism designated by the U.S. State Department last year, the leaders of Syria and Iran were all ousted, and now only Cuba and North Korea remain.
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“In a situation where (the United States) is eliminating countries listed as state sponsors of terrorism one by one, if North Korea continues to refuse (talk), we cannot rule out the possibility that it will turn to a strong show of force.”
Meanwhile, North Korea has remained silent about the US strike on Iran since the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ statement on the 1st.
This is Kim Jeong-geun from Channel A News.
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