Iran's choice for UN ambassador was denied a visa on Friday to enter the US because of his admitted role in the taking of US diplomatic hostage in 1979. But the Iranians insist they don't have anyone else available and will challenge the US decision at the United Nations. Reuters: Iran on Saturday rejected a U.S. decision to deny a visa for its newly appointed ambassador to the United Nations, pledging to take up the case directly with the world body in a dispute that has reopened old wounds dating to the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The United States, which hosts the United Nations, said Iran's candidate Hamid Abutalebi was unacceptable given his role in a 444-day crisis in which radical Iranian students stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran and took 52 Americans hostage. President Barack Obama had come under strong domestic pressure not to allow Abutalebi into the United States to take up his position in New York, raising concerns that the dispute would disrupt...(Read Full Post)