* Iran to seek redress via "legal mechanisms" at U.N. * US banned Iran's chosen envoy over hostage crisis role * Concern row could affect Iran's nuclear talks with powers By Mehrdad Balali DUBAI, April 12 (Reuters) - Iran on Saturday rejected a U.S. decision to deny a visa for its newly appointed ambassador to the United Nations, pledging to take up the case directly with the world body in a dispute that has reopened old wounds dating to the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The United States, which hosts the United Nations, said Iran's candidate Hamid Abutalebi was unacceptable given his role in a 444-day crisis in which radical Iranian students stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran and took 52 Americans hostage.
04-12-2014, 11:54 PM
Iran rejects U.S. ban on pick for U.N. envoy, vows legal action
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