US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared that it would not be in Iran’s best interest to pursue nuclear arms. He warned that it would face the “wrath of the entire world” if it did so, but added that he hoped it would never be necessary for the United States to take military action against the country. “I hope they understand that if they begin to ramp up their nuclear program, the wrath of the entire world will fall upon them,” he said in an interview with political columnist Hugh Hewitt conducted on Friday and broadcast the following day on MSNBC. “Wholly separate from if they spin a couple of extra centrifuges, if they began to move to a weapons program, this is something the entire world would find unacceptable and we’d end up down a path that I don’t think is in the best interests of Iran,” Pompeo said. He said, however, he was not talking about a US military response. “When I say wrath, don’t confuse that with military action. When I say wrath, I mean the moral opprobrium and economic power that fell upon them. That’s what I’m speaking to. I’m not talking to military action here. I truly hope that that’s never the case. It’s not in anyone’s best interests for that.” Pressed on whether the United States would do whatever it had to do to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, Pompeo said: “President Trump has been unambiguous in his statements that say Iran will not be able to obtain a nuclear weapon.” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will, meanwhile, visit Austria and Switzerland next month as part of a campaign by Tehran to secure continued European backing for the 2015 nuclear accord. The future of the landmark deal was thrown into doubt when Trump announced last month that the United States would withdraw and reimpose sanctions that would hit international businesses operating in Iran. The other parties to the agreement -- Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia -- have vowed to stay in the accord but their companies risk huge penalties if they keep doing business in Iran. Iran has already warned it is ready to resume uranium enrichment to 20 percent "within days" if the deal falls apart and warned Europe that time was running out. Rouhani will visit Switzerland on July 2-3 and then head on July 4 to Vienna -- home of the UN nuclear watchdog the IAEA which monitors Irans compliance with the accord.