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Brian Hook

The US Envoy for Iran Leaves Just as the US Pushes for a UN Vote on Its Weapons Ban

Dulcie Leimbach
• August 6, 2020

Only days before the United States said it would submit a draft resolution to the United Nations Security Council to extend an Iran arms embargo, the American envoy for Iran has resigned. Brian Hook, who also held the post as senior …

Categories: Disarmament, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

COVID-19

The US Plans to Prolong the Iran Arms Ban Through the UN, Where It Has Few Friends

Dulcie Leimbach
• May 20, 2020

The Trump administration may be bound and determined to extend a tight global arms embargo on Iran, but it still can’t send a straight message about how it will do so through the United Nations Security Council. The embargo, embedded …

Categories: Covid-19, Security Council, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

Pompeo Finds Little Appetite at the UN for His Iran Strategy

Dulcie Leimbach
• August 20, 2019

In the middle of a muggy August afternoon in New York, the United Nations Security Council gathered once more to figure out how to “maintain peace and security” in the Middle East. But the recurring topic always leaves conversations wide …