The State Department's special envoy for Iran is resigning from his post, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announces
Brian Hook, a political appointee who has become one of Pompeo's top advisers, will depart the post amid a polarizing campaign by the US to extend the conventional weapons embargo on Iran. "Special Representative Hook has been my point person on Iran for over two years and he has achieved historic results countering the Iranian regime," Pompeo said in a statement. "He successfully negotiated with the Iranians the release of Michael White and Xiyue Wang from prison.
Prior to that, he was the Department's Director of Policy Planning, where he and other political appointees came under the scrutiny of the department's watchdog for improper retaliation against a career civil servant.Read MoreHe will be replaced in the special envoy role by Elliott Abrams, who currently serves as the Department's special representative for Venezuela, Pompeo said. Abrams will maintain that role.
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