According to CoinMeta, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo revealed during a meeting with other foreign ministers from G7 in Paris on Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump had considered resuming hostilities against Iran or reaching an agreement with Iran, but ultimately chose a third path: continuing to strangle the Iranian regime's economic lifeline. Pompeo stated that the United States is making the Iranian economy pay a heavy price, making it increasingly difficult for Iran to fund terrorist organizations and to rebuild its military forces, and that this pressure campaign has no set end date.