If a hostile foreign state decides to try to kill you because you worked for the U.S. government, the government should protect you.

Tehran, IRNA - US President Donald Trump has reportedly revoked security protection for his former Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, and a former top aide due to their actions taken on Trump's behalf.

The reported security protection removal comes despite warnings from the Biden's administration about ongoing threats from Iran.

President Donald Trump reportedly removed security protection for former State Secretary Mike Pompeo. Another former top aide, Brian Hook, was also stripped of protection, four people familiar with the developments told the New York Times.

Pompeo and Hook had been involved in America’s aggressive stance toward Iran during the first Trump administration, and Pompeo was reportedly a driving force behind convincing Trump to have Gen. Qasem Soleimani, the leader of the Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force, killed.

The Diplomatic Security detail was pulled Wednesday for the two former Trump administration officials, three sources said.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has revoked government security protection for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his top aide, Brian Hook, who have faced threats from Iran since they took hard-line stances on the Islamic Republic during Trump’s first administration.

I think there was enough time. We take a job, you take a job, you want to do a job, we’re not going to have security on people for the rest of their lives. Why should we?” Trump said.

The Trump administration has pulled the security detail from former Trump CIA director and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as well as former Trump special envoy on Iran Brian Hook. CBS has learned that Secretary of State Marco Rubio signed off on the removal of the Diplomatic Security detail, according to a source familiar.

President Donald Trump said the United States would have to “verify times 10” that Iran wouldn’t harbor a nuclear weapon if they made a deal with the country to denuclearize.

Donald Trump has removed government security for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his aide Brian Hook, who were under threat from Iran. The move sees Trump targeting perceived adversaries as he reenters the White House.