Who is “Brian Hook” whom Trump fired?

Mehr News Agency, International Group: American media reported a few hours ago that “Donald Trump”, the new president of the United States, published a message in cyberspace and announced that “Brian Hook”, the former representative of the United States for Iran affairs in the first administration, had “fired” himself; But according to the reports, it is not clear from what position Hook was fired, and what is clear is that Hook has no place in the future Trump administration.

Who is Brian Hook?

Brian Hook, born June 4, 1968, is a lawyer and public politician who received his bachelor's degree in marketing from the University of St. Thomas in 1990, his master's degree in philosophy from Boston College, and his law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law. did In 1999-2003, he was a legal partner at Hogan & Hartson in Washington.

During the presidency of George W. Bush, Hook served as Assistant Secretary of State for International Affairs, Senior Advisor to the US Ambassador to the United Nations, Special Assistant to the President for Policy in the Office of the Chief of Staff of the White House, and as a consultant in the Office of Legal Policy in the Department of Justice. was working He also served as an adviser to John Bolton when he was the US ambassador to the United Nations.

Opposition to Trump's presidency

Before Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election and entered the White House, Brian Hook was a serious opponent of Trump; Hook was a member of a group of foreign policy advisers to Mitt Romney, the Republican candidate in the 2012 election, who opposed Trump's presidency by writing a protest letter signed by 121 Republican Party figures in the 2016 election.

Despite this protest action, Brian Hook worked as the director of the Office of Political Planning of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2017 when Trump's first administration took office and during the time of Rex Tillerson, the US Secretary of State. During Rex Tillerson's tenure as Secretary of State, Hook's name was heard more in Iran-related issues when he headed the task force that was tasked with negotiating with European governments to amend the JCPOA as requested by Donald Trump.

After Tillerson was fired from the US State Department by Trump's orders and Mike Pompeo, the hard-line US Secretary of State, took office, Brian Hook was one of the few diplomats who was spared from the subsequent purges of the agency by Tillerson's team, and is among Pompeo's close associates. was going

In 2018, Hook was appointed as the “Iran desk officer” in the US State Department or the US representative in Iran affairs, and along with hardline members of Trump's cabinet such as: Mike Pompeo, John Bolton, Nikki Haley and others in hostile actions against the Islamic Republic and He actively participated in the promotion of the maximum pressure campaign against Iran.

According to the American media report, Brian Hook was also among the people who had a close relationship with the terrorist organization Mujahideen Khalq (the Hypocrites) and in 2018 and a few days after the assassination of the martyred Lieutenant General Soleimani and the martyred Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, he secretly met with a representative of the members of this terrorist organization. has met In 2019, Hook resigned from his position as head of the Iran desk in the US State Department and was replaced by Elliott Abrams.