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Intel: Trump’s Iran policy coordinator previews additional prisoner talks

President Donald Trump’s Iran policy coordinator hinted today at ongoing negotiations with Tehran to secure the release of additional American prisoners following the release of Navy veteran Michael White last week.

Brian Hook, the U.S. Special Representative for Iran and Senior Policy Advisor to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, arrives to the UN Plaza as politicians and ambassadors gather to brief the Security Council on a Middle East peace plan in New York, U.S., February 6, 2020. REUTERS/Yana Paskova - RC2AVE9K2H1P
Brian Hook, the US special representative for Iran and senior policy adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, arrives to the UN Plaza as politicians and ambassadors gather to brief the Security Council on a Middle East peace plan in New York, US, Feb. 6, 2020. — REUTERS/Yana Paskova

President Donald Trump’s Iran policy coordinator hinted today at ongoing negotiations with Tehran to secure the release of additional American prisoners following the release of Navy veteran Michael White last week.

“I’ve been negotiating with the Iranians for the last few months through the Swiss,” said Brian Hook, Trump’s special envoy for Iran, during a virtual interview with the conservative Heritage Foundation. “I’m working on getting the Namazis, Morad Tahbaz and the remains of Bob Levinson back to the United States, so that’s sort of the next focus.”

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