Is Iran`s regime pleased with US envoy Hook`s departure or worried?
(WorldNews Iran)

Iran’s regime is watching carefully changes in Washington as US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook is departing his post. A key element in the maximum pressure campaign against Iran he will be replaced by Elliot Abrams, US special representative for Venezuela. Iran knows that Abrams is a hardliner and will bring energy to the post but Iran has also suffered under the coordinated sanctions and efforts of Hook. This leaves the regime in a conundrum. Celebrate the departure of one American, only to get something worse, or wait and see? In English Iran is putting a positive spin on it, sowing rumors that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo might be on the outs as well....