Iran insists on pick for UN envoy, to challenge visa denial -IRNA

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(adds detail) DUBAI, April 12 (Reuters) - 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 world body. "We do **t have a replacement for Mr. Abutalebi and we will pursue the matter via legal mechanisms anticipated in the United Nations," Abbas Araghchi, a senior Foreign Ministry official, was quoted by Iran's official IRNA news agency as saying. The United States said on Friday it would **t grant a visa to Hamid Abutalebi, citing the envoy's links to the 1979-1981 hostage crisis. U.S. President Barack Obama had come under strong domestic pressure **t to allow Abutalebi into the country to take up his position in New York, raising concerns that the dispute would disrupt delicate negotiation between Tehran and six world powers including Washington over Iran's nuclear programme.

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