US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the killing of Iranian General Soleimani was part of a new deterrent strategy against rivals, including Russia and China.

"Whether or not Soleimani poses immediate danger is unimportant. The air strike is part of a larger strategy. President Donald Trump and the national security team are reaffirming their true deterrent capabilities against Communism." Iran Islamic Republic, "US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a speech at the Hoover Institute at Stanford University yesterday.

The US Secretary of State believes that US rivals must understand that Washington is not only capable of making them pay but in fact is willing to do so. He said the United States is in an unprecedented position before Iran, pointing to the economic losses Tehran is suffering from Washington's sanctions.

"The importance of deterrence is not limited to Iran. We have to deter opponents to protect freedom. That is the goal of President Trump to build a stronger army than ever before," Pompeo added.

The US Secretary of State mentioned military aid, provided lethal weapons to Ukraine in response to eastern Ukraine militia, as well as decided to withdraw the United States from arms control treaties with Russia and test launch missiles. Long-range process launches from the ground.

In his speech, Pompeo also mentioned maneuvers in the South China Sea to deal with China's militarization, in addition to tariffs aimed at Beijing's economy.

"We are recovering a reliable deterrent ability," the US Secretary of State said.

US air strikes killed Qassem Soleimani on Tuesday on the grounds of a plot to "blow up the US embassy" and retaliate against a rocket attack on a base in the city of Kirkuk, Iraq that led a civil contractor. American deaths. However, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said he had never seen any concrete evidence that Iranian generals planned to attack four US embassies.