US envoy says 'we are going to increase our sanctions on Iran'
"We are going to increase our sanctions on Iran and continue our foreign policy," Hook told CNBC'sHook said a lot of pressure is needed in order to address Iran's "regional aggression" and a new foreign policy devised by the U.S. aims to bring Iran back to the negotiating table.
"When the President got out of the Iran deal, we put a new foreign policy that does a couple of things. It is going to deny the regime the revenue that it needs to run a violent and expansionist foreign policy. But it is also designed to bring them back to the negotiating table," Hook said. Brian Hook, Special Representative for Iran and Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary of State, at the United Against Nuclear Iran 2018 Iran Summit in New York City. "So ultimately we would like to have a new deal that addresses Iran's regional aggression, the missile program and its nuclear program. In order to do that, it is going to take pressure. And in order to get Iran to change its behavior, it is going to take a lot of pressure.
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