US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has criticized former Secretary of State John Kerry for holding talks with Iranian diplomats.
“What Secretary Kerry has done is unseemly and unprecedented,” Pompeo told a news briefing on Friday.
In May, United States President Donald Trump pulled the US out of the Iran Nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), claiming it to be a bad deal.
Kerry, who played a main role in the deal and has described it as the “single strongest, single most accountable, single most transparent nuclear agreement anywhere in the world,” has criticized the Trump administration for pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal.
The former Massachusetts senator said pulling out of the deal was “a very dangerous and ill-advised move.”
Since exiting, Kerry has had several talks with the Iranian side, advising them to wait out until Trump leaves office.
On Thursday, Trump attacked Kerry…