Tag: Brian Hook
Elliott Abrams tapped as US Iran envoy after Hook resigns
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Thursday that Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook has resigned. He is being replaced by Elliott Abrams, a veteran foreign-policy expert and policy hawk who currently...
Interpol rejects Iranian request for Trump arrest on murder charges
The International Criminal Police Organization Interpol has denied a request from Iran to issue an arrest warrant for U.S. President Donald Trump and 35 other unnamed officials whom Tehran claims were involved in the assassination of...
US envoy blasts Iranian oil shipments to Venezuela, breaking sanctions
U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook slammed Iran on Thursday for shipping oil to Venezuela.
“We think that this is another regrettable example of the Iranian regime stealing the wealth of the Iranian people to...
US official says successor to Soleimani faces same fate if he kills Americans
U.S. special representative for Iran Brian Hook said the successor to slain Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, Brig. Gen. Esmail Ghaani, who now heads the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, would suffer the...