“He is responsible for the massacre of 148 helpless Iranians in November 2019,” the American diplomat said during a briefing, TASS quoted him as saying.

According to Hook, such a move was made possible for the United States "thanks to information received from Iranian citizens."

Earlier, U.S. President Donald Trump posted a Farsi entry on his Twitter. In a statement, he spoke out in support of protesters in Iran.

In December 2019, Iran announced that they wanted to recover $ 130 billion from the United States due to unrest in the country.