Sunday, January 3, 2010

Iran denies entry to Sen. Kerry

By Bridget Johnson - 01/03/10 01:48 PM ET

(The Hill) - Iranian legislators on Sunday decided to not allow a visit from Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-Mass.), according to Iranian media.

"Members of the Iranian parliament's Foreign Relations Committee (a subcommittee of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission) voiced opposition to the request after studying the issue," Hassan Ebrahimi, head of the committee, told the semi-official Fars News Agency.

Several Iranian news outlets reported last week that Kerry had submitted an official request to visit Tehran in an emissary role...

1 comment:

Cathy_of_Alex said...

I'm tempted to make a seriously inappropriate comment!