US creates `Iran Action Group´ to up pressure on Tehran
(WorldNews Iran)

Washington: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced a new high-level team to focus US and international efforts to increase diplomatic and economic pressure on Iran. The Iran Action Group will drive Washington’s “maximum pressure� strategy to change Tehran’s behavior, including potentially sanctioning other countries which trade with the country. The group will be headed by Brian Hook as the State Department’s Special Representative for Iran. Hook, currently director of policy planning at the State Department, was in charge...