We begin with developments in the Iran nuclear deal. The new U.S Secretary of State has drawn up a list of 12 demands for Tehran in his first major foreign policy speech. Mike Pompeo's address follows President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the international agreement for Iran to suspend its nuclear weapons program. But as CGTN's Owen Fairclough reports, the list contains some of the most contentious issues driving the tension between Washington and Tehran.

Donald Trump's new secretary of state spelling out Washington's new tone for Iran.

MIKE POMPEO US SECRETARY OF STATE "The sting of sanctions will be painful if the regime does not change its course from the unacceptable and unproductive path it has chosen to one that rejoins the league of nations. These will indeed end up being the strongest sanctions in history when we are complete."

The threat of new sanctions follow Trump's decision to abandon the international agreement that suspended them in exchange for a promise to stop developing nuclear weapons. Trump claimed the deal failed to stop Iranian military activity in the Middle East.

Pompeo has drawn up a list of 12 demands that includes allowing inspectors unqualified access to nuclear sites as well as military installations that were off-limits under the 2015 deal.

He also wants Iran to end support for Shi'ite Muslim groups engaged in conflicts around the Middle East such as Hezbollah in Syria, and Houthi forces in Yemen.

MIKE POMPEO US SECRETARY OF STATE "We will track down Iranian operatives and their Hezbollah proxies operating around the world and we will crush them. Iran will never again have carte blanche to dominate the Middle East."

If Tehran meets Washington's demands, Pompeo is offering an end to sanctions, a restoration of diplomatic relations between the two and allowing Iran to access to western technology that it's been denied.

Iran's foreign minister denounced Pompeo's speech as a "diplomacy sham" while President Hassan Rouhani said the U.S. was no longer in a position could not decide for Iran.

And the international deal known as the JCPOA still has the backing of China.

LU KANG, SPOKESPERSON, CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY "China will remain committed to upholding and implementing the JCPOA."

The Chinese will join officials from the European Union and Russia in Vienna Friday to discuss how to continue this agreement. Owen Fairclough, CGTN.