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Obama Signs Measure Aimed at Blocking Visa for Iran's Proposed UN Envoy
(Washington Post) Katie Zezima- President Obama on Friday signed a law barring the U.S. government from providing a visa to any nominee to the UN deemed to have engaged in terrorist activity, a measure aimed at blocking Hamid Aboutalebi, Iran's choice as envoy. Obama said he shared Congress' concern that individuals who have engaged in terrorism "may use the cover of diplomacy" to gain entry to the U.S. Iran formally complained to the UN about the denial of Aboutalebi's visa. Aboutalebi has admitted that he worked with an organization that stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979 and held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days.