Tehran, YJC. Iran’s mission to the UN says US action in not issuing the country’s representative visa goes against international regulations.
As the US denied visa to Iran’s chosen representative to the
UN, the country’s mission in the United Nations in an announcement stated "This
absurd decision is a sure violation of international rights and it goes against
the obligation of the country that hosts the UN.”
"The action is also against the natural right of independent
countries to choose their permanent representatives in the UN,” the
announcement adds.
The Iranian mission to
the UN has asserted that the country will undertake any action diplomatically
possible to fight the US decision.
US had announced one day earlier that it would not issue a
visa for Iran’s pick as its permanent representative to the United Nations.
The US decision comes as response to a plead made by former
workers in the US embassy in Tehran who were held hostage from 1979 to 1981,
claiming that Abutalebi was among the forces who broke into the embassy when it
was seized by what Iran calls a student movement.
Former U.S. embassy workers held hostage in Iran from 1979
to 1981 are outraged that Tehran has selected a new U.N. envoy who may have
played a role in the 444-day crisis and want him barred from U.S. territory,
Reuters reports.
Iran, though, claims that Abutalebi has acted only as an
interpreter during the hostage crisis and has not been directly involved in any
of the militant actions about the hostage crisis.
Meanwhile Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister in Europe and
Americas Affairs has stated that the country will consider no alternative
choice for the mission.