The appointment of Elliott Abrams for Iranian affairs is cynical and immoral, said the Foreign Minister of the Republic, Jorge Arreaza through a message posted on the social network Twitter.
He stated that it is an abject decision that only the President of the United States (US), Donald Trump, can approve, while recalling that "when that man was tried and arrested for the shameful and criminal "Iran-Contra" scandal in the 80s."
"I agree! Appointing Elliott Abrams to handle Iran affairs, when that man was tried and arrested for the shameful and criminal "Iran-Contra" scandal in the 80s, can only be an abject, cynical, and immoral decision. "Only someone like Trump would come up with this," Arreaza posted.
The Government of the United States (USA) appointed Elliott Abrams for Iranian affairs, when the envoy of President Donald Trump, Brian Hook, who had been entrusted with the task of executing the policy of "maximum pressure ”towards Iran, in close collaboration with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
"Both Venezuela and Iran remain the first priorities" of the United States, said the deputy spokesman of the State Department, Cale Brown, after learning that the replacement of the special envoy of the US State Department for Iran Brian Hook, will be the Washington representative for Venezuela affairs, Elliott Abrams.
Through his Twitter account, the US spokesman said that Special Representative Abrams's decades of foreign policy experience will help advance US diplomatic and foreign policy efforts against Iran and Venezuela.
According to Brown, the fact that Abrams manages anti-Venezuelan and anti-Iranian policies is an acknowledgment of the growing confluence of threats from international actors against the United States.
The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Seyed Abás Mousavi, has snapped at Washington that his policy against the Persian country "is bankrupt" and proof of this is the wake of resignations of Donald Trump administration officials.
“There is no difference between (former US national security adviser) John Bolton, Brian Hook or Elliott Abrams; When it comes to US policy toward Iran, US officials bite off more than they can chew. The same applies to (Secretary of State) Mike Pompeo, (President) Donald Trump and his successors, ”Mousavi stressed.
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