Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s top Iran adviser is leaving the administration, the State Department announced Thursday.“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 an adulatory send-off. “He has been a trusted advisor to me and a good friend. I thank him for his service.”
Hook will be replaced by special representative Elliot Abrams, the State Department’s leading official for the Venezuela crisis. His exit comes in the midst of an effort to extend a soon-to-expire arms embargo on Iran — an initiative that could culminate in the final destruction of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal if the United Nations Security Council can’t come to an agreement by an October deadline.
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