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Iran names new UN envoy after earlier pick blocked

Iran's Foreign Ministry has named a new envoy to the United Nations after the US declined to issue a visa to an earlier pick last year.

 

The ministry's official website said Wednesday that Gholam Ali Khoshroo has been chosen to serve as Iran's permanent envoy to the UN. Khoshroo is a seasoned diplomat who previously served as deputy foreign minister and ambassador to the UN.

 

The United States refused to grant a visa to Iran's earlier pick, Hamid Aboutalebi, because of his alleged participation in a 1979 student takeover of the US Embassy in Tehran.

 


פרסום ראשון: 01.28.15, 19:06