The US State Department is paying more than $ 2 million a month to provide 24-hour security to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former high-ranking Iranian envoy Brian Hook for serious and credible threats coming from Iran, the Associated Press reported. on a report from the department addressed to Congress.

The two diplomats spearheaded the Trump administration's efforts to put maximum pressure on Iran.

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Estimates by US intelligence show that the threats against them remain after they leave the administration and could even increase.

Threats persist despite the fact that the administration of incumbent President Joe Biden is involved in indirect talks with Iran over the return of the United States to the Iranian nuclear deal.

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