Elliott Abrams to replace Brian Hook as Iran envoy

Shafaq News / US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has confirmed that his Senior policy advisor and US Special Representative for Iran, Brian Hook, is leaving his post.

Pompeo added, today, Thursday, that US Venezuela envoy, Elliott Abrams, will add Iran to his role "following a transition period" with Hook.

Hook's departure comes as the United Nations Security Council prepares to vote next week on a US bid to extend an international arms embargo on Iran.