Following Washington’s decision to block Tehran’s new ambassador to the world body, U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power on Sunday told ABC television’s “This Week” that Iran’s selection of Hamid Aboutalebi to be its United Nations envoy is not acceptable.
She says Tehran should pick someone else.
Aboutalebi was a member of the group responsible for the 1979 takeover of the U.S. embassy in Tehran that held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days.