General Urges Iran To Pick New UN Envoy
A senior Iranian military official has called on Tehran to name a new envoy to the United Nations after Washington refused to issue a visa to its chosen ambassador, Hamid Abutalebi. Abutalebi has been accused of being involved in the 1979 hostage-taking of U.S. diplomats in Tehran -- a claim he rejects, saying he only served as a translator for the hostage-takers. General Mohammad Bagherzadeh, who heads the army's Committee for the Search of the Missing in Action, said on April 19 that Abutalebi should stay in Tehran to be close to his ...
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