TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran rejected naming a new diplomat Saturday to represent it at the United Nations, with one lawmaker urging the Islamic Republic to stand up to "bullying" from the U.S., which has rejected granting its pick a visa./ The standoff over Hamid Aboutalebi, a member of the group ...
TEHRAN, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Iran does not have any replacement for its newly-proposed UN ambassador who has been denied entry visa by the United States, an Iranian Foreign Ministry official said on Saturday. "We do not have a replacement for Hamid Aboutalebi and we will pursue the issue through ...
In this undated photo provided by the office of the Iranian President, Hamid Aboutalebi, an Iranian diplomat, who was recently named as Iran's ambassador at the United Nations, sits in his office in Tehran, Iran./ Iran has no plans to name a new diplomat to the United Nations, its Foreign ...
Iran said Saturday it has no immediate plans to name a new diplomat to represent it at the United Nations, following a U.S. decision to deny a visa to Iran's original pick. A top Iranian Foreign Ministry official said Iran does not have a replacement for Hamid Abutalebi and will pursue the visa ...
An undated handout picture released by the official website of the Iranian president on April 11, 2014 shows Hamid Abutalebi who has been denied a U.S. visa./ Iran says it is not considering a replacement nominee for its prospective new envoy to the United Nations, despite his being denied a U.S ...
An undated handout picture released by the official website of the Iranian president on April 11, 2014 shows Tehran's newly appointed UN ambassador Hamid Aboutalebi who has been denied a US visa (AFP Photo/)/ Tehran (AFP) - A top Iranian official said Saturday that the country was not ...
White House press secretary Jay Carney speaks to reporters at the daily press briefing, Friday, April 11, 2014, at the White House in Washington. The US, in a rare diplomatic rebuke, will not grant a visa to Tehran's pick for envoy to the United Nations, the Obama administration said Friday. ...
Iran on Saturday dismissed a U.S. decision to deny a visa to its proposed new envoy to the United Nations, saying it would take up the case directly with the United Nations. "We do not have a replacement for Mr. Abutalebi and we will pursue the matter via legal mechanisms anticipated in the ...
Iran is not considering any alternative for its new ambassador nominee to the United Nations Hamid Aboutalebi, who has been denied a visa by the United States, a senior Foreign Ministry official says./ “We are not considering an alternative to replace Mr. Aboutalebi and are pursuing the issue ...
— The White House says it will not issue a visa to the man Iran has picked to be its envoy to the United Nations. It is rare that the U.S. would deny a visa to a U.N. envoy, but White House spokesman Jay Carney says that is the Obama administration's decision in the case of Iranian envoy Hamid ...
The US decision to bar Iran's choice as its UN envoy leaves it at odds with the commitment it made in 1947 to provide diplomats unimpeded entry to UN headquarters in New York./ President Obama has taken the unprecedented step of denying a visa to Iran’s choice to be its ambassador to the United ...
White House press secretary Jay Carney speaks to reporters at the daily press briefing, Friday, April 11, 2014, at the White House in Washington. The US, in a rare diplomatic rebuke, will not grant a visa to Tehran's pick for envoy to the United Nations, the Obama administration said Friday. ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Friday that an Iranian official who was in the student group that took U.S. diplomats hostage in 1979 will not be issued a visa to allow him to become Iran's ambassador to the United Nations. President Barack Obama had come under strong pressure ...
United Nations headquarters is seen in this April 14, 2005 photo in New York City (AFP Photo/Stan Honda)/ Washington (AFP) - The United States will not grant a visa to Tehran's newly appointed UN ambassador, Hamid Aboutalebi, who has been linked to the 1979 US hostage crisis, the White House ...
An Iranian official said on Friday a U.S. decision to deny a visa to an Iranian diplomat to allow him to become Iran's ambassador to the United Nations would not affect Tehran's nuclear talks with world powers./ The official told Reuters it would be for the Iranian foreign ministry to "take the ...
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.S. decision to not issue a visa for an Iranian official to allow him to become Iran's ambassador to the United Nations was "regrettable," a spokesman for Iran's mission to the United Nations said on Friday. "It is a regrettable decision by the U.S. Administration ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has informed Iran that it will not issue a visa to Tehran's controversial pick for envoy to the United Nations, the White House said Friday. Denying visas to U.N. ambassadorial nominees or to foreign heads of state who want to attend United Nations events in ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The United States notified Iran's government on Tuesday that Tehran's pick for a new voted against letting the diplomat enter the country. American officials objected to the selection of Hamid Abutalebi because of his alleged participation in a Muslim student group that held ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare diplomatic rebuke, the United States has blocked Iran's controversial pick for envoy to the United Nations, a move that could stir fresh animosity at a time when Washington and Tehran have been seeking a thaw in relations. The Obama administration said Friday that the ...
The host agreement between the UN and the U.S. states: "The federal, state or local authorities of the United States shall not impose any impediments to transit to or from the headquarters district of representatives of Members or officials of the United Nations, or of specialized agencies."/ ...
a subpoena as she arrived for an event at a bar in Brooklyn last month, but the porn actor, who is expected to be a witness at the A process server working for Trump's lawyers said he approached Daniels with papers demanding information related to a documentary recently released about her life ...
Tourists stranded in Dubai's major airports say they are "desperate for food" and are running low on water as floods cause disruption and chaos in one of the world's busiest transport hubs./ Passengers who have spoken to the BBC say they have been waiting for hours at Dubai's two major ...
Uber is helping investigators look into an account that sent a driver to the Ohio home where an 81-year-old man allegedly shot the woman to death because he erroneously believed she was part of a scam that targeted him, the ride-hailing company said Wednesday. The March 25 shooting death of ...
Hugh Grant arrives at the premiere of "Wonka" on Dec. 10, 2023, at Regency Village Theatre in Westwood, Calif. Hugh Grant says he received “an enormous sum of money” to settle a lawsuit accusing the publisher of The Sun tabloid of unlawfully tapping his phone, bugging his car and breaking into ...
Iran's brazen attack directly targeting Israel on Saturday means that the one thing President Biden most feared and desperately sought to avert in the wake of the 7 October Hamas attack has happened - an escalation of the conflict to the wider region./ For the US president, the tightrope he was ...
Police have released a grainy image taken from surveillance footage of a man believed to be responsible for a violent sexual assault on a woman who was sitting in her car outside of a restaurant in Pasadena on Saturday. The terrifying ordeal unfolded at around 8:40 p.m. on Sierra Madre Villa ...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis answers questions from the media, March 7, 2023, at the state Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. DeSantis admits the book challenge law he enacted two years ago is causing problems for school districts. He signed a bill Tuesday, April 16, 2024, that adjusts the law that made ...
The Shah of Iran with his third wife, Empress Farah Diba, and their son Crown Prince Reza./ From 1941 to 1979, Iran was ruled by King Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah./ On February 11, 1979, the Islamic Revolution swept the country./ The government was replaced with an Islamic republic, which ...
It wasn't many days ago that Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was under enormous pressure./ After seven aid workers from World Central Kitchen were killed by the Israeli army in Gaza on 1 April, US President Joe Biden seemed finally to lose patience with his troublesome ally./ On the ...
Play video Israel Vows Response to Iran Attack from BBC News/ Stabbed Iranian journalist says UK should proscribe Iran's IRGC/ Israel urges new sanctions on Iran's missile programme/ As everyone waits to see how Israel responds militarily to Iran, it is also acting diplomatically. Israel looks ...