White House to Iran: No visa for UN envoy pick
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 the United States is rare, if not unprecedented. The Obama administration had previously said only that the nomination of Hamid Aboutalebi, who was a member of the group responsible for the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, was "not viable ...
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