[caption id="attachment_92162" align="alignright" width="181"] Irans appointee for the position of ambassador to the United Nations Hamid Aboutalebi[/caption] TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iran should by no means submit to the US bullying language, a senior legislator said, insisting that Tehran must push ahead with its choice for the post of UN ambassador despite ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) A top Iranian lawmaker insisted that Tehran should not succumb to pressure form Washington, which has denied Irans choice for the post of UN ambassador a visa, arguing that a replacement for the new pick is tantamount to illegal concessions to the US. In an interview with the Tasnim News Agency on Thursday, member of the Iranian ...

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[caption id="attachment_92423" align="alignright" width="227"] Iran's newly-appointed ambassador to the United Nations, Hamid Aboutalebi[/caption] Tehran, April 29, IRNA - Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham here on Tuesday stressed that Tehran is still following up the US decision to deny visa to Iran?s proposed ambassador to the United ...

[caption id="attachment_92162" align="alignright" width="180"] Irans appointee for the position of ambassador to the United Nations Hamid Aboutalebi[/caption] TEHRAN (FNA)- Cuba piped up to side with Iran at the UN Committee on Relations with the Host Country meeting where Iran formally protested and the United States defended the decision by the ...

[caption id="attachment_92423" align="alignright" width="180"] Iran's newly-appointed ambassador to the United Nations, Hamid Aboutalebi[/caption] (Reuters) -Irancomplained to a United Nations committee on Tuesday about Washington's refusal to grant a visa to Tehran's proposed new U.N. envoy due to his suspected links to hostage-takers, even as the ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) An Iranian lawmaker cautioned the Iranian government about negative impacts of submitting to the United States excessive demands. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency about US decision to deny a visa to Irans newly-appointed UN ambassador, Qassem Jafari said if Iran backs down (on this issue), it will only lead to more illegitimate ...

[caption id="attachment_92423" align="alignright" width="180"] Iran's newly-appointed ambassador to the United Nations, Hamid Aboutalebi[/caption] Shiraz, April 20, IRNA Tehran Interim Friday prayers leader Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermani strongly criticized Washington for not issuing visa for Iran?s proposed envoy to the United Nations in ...

[caption id="attachment_92162" align="alignright" width="180"] Irans appointee for the position of ambassador to the United Nations Hamid Aboutalebi[/caption] TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A senior Iranian military official has urged the foreign ministry to name a new envoy to the U.N. after the U.S. blocked its chosen ambassador over alleged ties to the 1979 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama signed legislation Friday aimed at blocking Iran's chosen ambassador to the United Nations because of his ties to the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. But the president says he's only treating the legislation as guidance. The unusual legislation bars anyone from entering the U.S. as a U.N. representative ...

[caption id="attachment_92162" align="alignright" width="180"] Irans appointee for the position of ambassador to the United Nations Hamid Aboutalebi[/caption] Russia has criticized Washington for its refusal to issue a visa to Irans appointee for the position of ambassador to the United Nations, saying the move is in violation of the US commitments ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Justice Minister Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi lashed out at Washington for its refusal to issue entry visa for the country's new Ambassador to the UN Hamid Aboutalebi, and reiterated that Iran will adopt a rigid stance against the US at international bodies in this regard. "The issue of Iran's complaint against the US for not issuing ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Commander of Iran's Basij (Voluntary) Force Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi deplored the US refusal to issue visa for Tehran's new ambassador to the United Nations Hamid Aboutalebi, saying that the move shows the US is not qualified to host the United Nations headquarters. "The US move showed that it is not qualified to host the ...

The Supreme Leaders website has published a graphicsetting out Ayatollah Khameneis six red linesfor nuclear negotiations with the 5+1 Powers. Iran and the 5+1 Powers held their third round of discussions on a comprehensive agreement last week in Vienna. They are scheduled to meet again in Vienna in mid-May, with a view to a settlement before an interim ...

The United States has once again saidit will not issue a visa to Irans pick for the position of ambassador to the United Nations, Hamid Aboutalebi. "Given his role in the events of 1979, which clearly matter profoundly to the American people, it would be unacceptable to grant this visa," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Tuesday. Washington ...

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UNITED NATIONS, April 14 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations on Monday called a "serious issue" the dispute between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States over Tehran's choice for its new ambassador to UN Headquarters in New York and Washington's refusal to issue a visa to him. It was the first UN comment on the diplomatic row. Stephan Dujarric,...

[caption id="attachment_92423" align="alignright" width="180"] Iran's newly-appointed ambassador to the United Nations, Hamid Aboutalebi[/caption] Iran has requested an urgent meeting of a United Nations committee over the recent decision by the US to deny a visa to the Islamic Republics appointee for the position of ambassador to the UN. In a Monday ...

Tehran says it can pursue through the UN the issue of the United States visa denial to Iran's newly-appointed envoy to the UN, Hamid Aboutalebi. We can follow up on the issue through the UN Secretariat and contact UN Secretary-General [Ban Ki-moon], said Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for European and American Affairs Majid Takht-e Ravanchi on Sunday....

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