WASHINGTON—The top U.S. envoy on Iran criticized a European Union decision to give $20.7 million in aid to Tehran on Aug. 24, saying it sent “the wrong message at the wrong time,” and he urged Brussels to help Washington end the Iranian threat to global stability.
“Foreign aid from European taxpayers perpetuates the regime’s ability to neglect the needs of its people and stifles meaningful policy changes,” Brian Hook, the U.S. special representative for Iran, said in a statement.
