Pence will reportedly lay out U.S. Iran policy during speech next week

Vice President Mike Pence
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Vice President Mike Pence plans on explaining the government's policy on Iran during a speech next Monday in Washington, a White House official told Reuters.

Tensions are high between the United States and Iran, following the death of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani last week. Soleimani was killed in an airstrike in Baghdad authorized by President Trump.

Pence will address the crowd at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies' National Security Summit, and will focus on the differences between the Iranian people and their government, the official told Reuters.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.