US Iran envoy Brian Hook threatens Ghaani with same fate as Soleimani
Esmail Ghaani, the new Islamic Revolutionary Guards
Corps (IRGC) Quds Force commander, will face the same fate as his slain
predecessor Qassem Soleimani if he follows in the same path, said US special
representative to Iran Brian Hook to Asharq al-Awsat on Wednesday.
He added that the death of Soleimani, the former
commander of the IRGC Quds Force killed by a US airstrike operation in Baghdad
weeks ago, “created a void that the Iranian regime will not be able to fill.”
Hook, who accompanied President Donald Trump and his
delegation to Davos for the World Economic Forum, also stressed that his
country judges the Iranian regime based on its actions rather than what the
Iranian Foreign Minister, Muhammad Javad Zarif, says.
Zarif is well-known for advocating for the Islamic
Republic’s positions via statements on Twitter.
Ghaani was appointed leader of the Quds Force on
January 4 by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. He was previously deputy
commander of the force.
