“This is Brian Hook . . . I work for secretary of state Mike Pompeo and serve as the US Representative for Iran..I am writing with good news.”
Senior US official email to a tanker captain, in style of a "Nigerian prince" scam artist, in this amazing storyhttps://t.co/kbgeC0vPAp— Julian Borger (@julianborger) September 4, 2019
And it's not the only time. Brian Hook has taken to texting captains of Iranian tankers at sea with "I'm a Nigerian prince" style offers.
Except he's actually got the cash. pic.twitter.com/z2SP6GFVif
— David Sheppard (@OilSheppard) September 4, 2019
Adrian Darya “went dark” last night off coast of Syria, where it is suspected she may be delivering a controversial cargo of Iranian crude oil. If so, will be major political embarrassment for Britain & undermine European efforts to broker US-Iran talks https://t.co/vpf2K97srq
— Josie Ensor (@Josiensor) September 3, 2019
Well it looks like the US blacklisting has failed to deter the Adrian Darya from Syria. It’s currently less than 50 nm off the coats of Tartus and has slowed to a near halt. Free to read update via @Lloydslisthttps://t.co/3Kdp1K59Df
— Richard Meade (@Lloydslisted) September 1, 2019
Trump was clueless about his own key official’s negotiations with the Europeans on Iran. “Who is Brian Hook?” he said. https://t.co/G1re4wHyGj
— Jeff Stein (@SpyTalker) September 4, 2019