Posts Tagged: Brian Hook
Amid Israeli Political Tumult, Netanyahu Meets With Kushner in Jerusalem on Trump Peace Plan
Less than 24 hours after the Knesset dissolved itself, setting the stage for new national elections in September just five months after the previous ones,...
Trump Envoys Kushner, Greenblatt in Middle East to Seek Support for Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plan
Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner is leading a US delegation on stops in the Middle East this week seeking support for a late June...
US Confirms Its Iran Envoy Met Saudi Energy Minister in Vienna
The US government confirmed that Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih met with US special representative for Iran Brian Hook in Vienna on Wednesday, contradicting a Saudi denial...
Top US Official: Iranian Missile Threat Is Growing, Regime Must Change Its Behavior
The regional threat posed by the Iranian regime’s ballistic missile program and its arming of proxies continues to grow, a top US official warned on...
US Envoy for Iran Warns EU Banks, Firms Against Non-Dollar Iran Trade
European banks and firms who engage in a special European Union initiative to protect trade with Iran will be at risk from newly reimposed US...
US Envoy: Market Can Cope With Push for Zero Iranian Oil Sales
The United States still aims to cut Iran's oil sales to zero and does not expect restored oil sanctions against Tehran to have a negative impact...
Gulf Arab States Should Be Party to Proposed Iran Treaty Talks: UAE Official
Washington's Gulf Arab allies should be included in proposed treaty negotiations with Iran over its ballistic missile program and regional behavior, a senior Emirati official...
Iran Dismisses US Offer of Talks, Says Washington Broke Last Deal
Iran hit back at a US offer of negotiations on Thursday, saying Washington had violated the terms of the last big deal they agreed to,...
US Official Says EU Aid for Iran Sends ‘Wrong Message’
The top US envoy on Iran criticized a European Union decision to give $20.7 million in aid to Tehran on Friday, saying it sent "the...
Iran Says US ‘Action Group’ Will Fail to Overthrow Iranian State
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif said on Sunday that a new Iran Action Group in the US State Department aimed to overthrow the Islamic...
US Diplomat Leading Negotiations With Europe on Future of Iran Deal: JCPOA Is Not a Treaty, and Has No Legal Status
If the Tehran regime rushes to the bomb, the Iranians will "create a much bigger set of problems than they face now," the State Department...
US Makes Contingency Plans in Case Iran Nuclear Talks Fail
The United States has had constructive talks about the Iran nuclear deal with Britain, France and Germany but is making contingency plans should they fail, the lead...
