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U.S. should treat Iranian proxy attacks as attacks by Iran itself, former U.S. envoy argues
‘The Biden administration should announce that… we will attribute agency to the Iranian regime, and they will be held accountable as if it were a direct attack,’ Brian Hook said
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Brian Hook, former U.S. special representative for Iran and senior advisor to the U.S. secretary of state, speaks onstage during the 2021 Concordia Annual Summit at Sheraton New York on September 21, 2021, in New York City.
Brian Hook, the Trump administration’s Iran envoy, argued on Wednesday that the U.S. should respond to any attacks from Iran’s proxies in the region as if they come from Iran itself, arguing that Iran needs to more directly experience...