London, April 12 (IANS) The US has refused to issue a visa to Iran's UN envoy-designate for being involved in the siege of the US embassy in Tehran in 1979, a media report said Saturday. This decision has prevented Hamid Aboutalebi from taking up his position at the UN headquarters in New York, BBC reported. White House spokesman Jay Carney said Friday that the UN and Iran had been told "that US will **t issue a visa to Aboutalebi". The US House of Representatives and the Senate have both voted in favour of a bill barring Aboutalebi from entering the US, the report said.
04-12-2014, 11:54 PM
US denies visa to Iran's UN envoy
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