New US Iran Policy Chief Lays Out Agenda

New US Iran Policy Chief Lays Out Agenda
The State Department's director of policy planning and head of the Iran Action Group, Brian Hook, speaks about the "Iran Action Group" during a press briefing at the State department in Washington, D.C., Aug. 16, 2018. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP/Getty Images
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The Trump administration’s new special representative for Iran says his team will focus most of its work on changing Tehran’s behavior on issues of nuclear weapons, terrorism, and detention of Americans.

Brian Hook was speaking Thursday at the State Department, where U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Hook’s appointment to the role that heads a new U.S. team known as the Iran Action Group.