Brian Hook

EghtesadOnline: The US envoy for Iran, Brian Hook , is leaving his post and US special representative for Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, will add Iran to his role “following a transition period” with Hook, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday.

EghtesadOnline: The United States is prepared to impose sanctions on all countries that continue to buy Iran's oil, including China, after Washington starts reimposing bans on Iran’s energy sector. The announcement was made on Thursday by Brian Hook , the head of US State Department's newly-established Iran Action Group, after he was asked by reporters about the group’s plan for dealing with China, the National Iranian Oil Company's website reported.