White House Denies Iran Envoy Visa

The White House says it will not issue a visa to the man Iran has picked to be its envoy to the United Nations.   It is rare that the U.S. would deny a visa to a U.N. envoy, but White House spokesman Jay Carney says that is the Obama administration's decision in the case of Iranian envoy Hamid Aboutalebi. “We have informed the United Nations and Iran that we will not issue a visa to Mr. Aboutalebi," said Carney. The United States opposes Iran's decision to send...

© La Voix de l'Amérique - vendredi 11 avril 2014