Former Secretary of State John Kerry’s meetings with Iranian officials are “unseemly and unprecedented,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a Friday rebuke.

“It’s inconsistent with what the foreign policy of the United States is, as directed by this president, and it’s beyond inappropriate,” Pompeo told reporters at the State Department.

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