DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran on Tuesday played down a move by the U.S. Senate to bar its new choice as U.N. ambassador from entering the United States, saying it would wait for a decision on the matter from the U.S. administration.
Under a bill seeking to bar "known terrorists" from entering U.S. soil, the Democratic-controlled Senate narrowly passed a measure on Monday to refuse entry to Hamid Abutalebi due to his alleged role in the 1979-1981 hostage crisis, during which Iranian radical students held U.S. Embassy staff for 444 days.
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