Iran names new U.N. ambassador months after U.S. bans first choice
Iran has appointed career diplomat Gholamali Khoshroo as its envoy to the United Nations, state-run Tasnim news agency said, ten months after the United States barred its initial candidate for his role in the 1979-1981 hostage crisis in Tehran. Khoshroo served as a deputy foreign minister from 2002 to 2005 during the presidency of reformist Mohammad Khatami and helped him with the U.N. intercultural "Alliance of Civilizations" project, Tasnim said on Wednesday. The United States, which hosts the United Nations, said in April that Iran's ...
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