"THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S TREATMENT OF ISLAMIC REPUBLIC'S AMBASSADOR IS UNACCEPTABLE"IRANIAN PARLIAMENT GIVES 10 DAY ULTIMATUM TO THE GOVERNMENT TO FILE LAWSUIT AGAINST U.S. FOR REFUSING TO ISSUE VISA TO TEHRAN'S NEW UN AMBASSADOR

The Iranian parliament has given a 10-day ultimatum to the government to file a lawsuit against the US at competent international bodies over Washington's refusal to issue an entry visa for Tehran's new ambassador to the United Nations in New York, a prominent legislator announced on Sunday.


"The government should follow up this issue and file a lawsuit against the US," member of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Mohammad Hassan Asafari told FNA today.



On Thursday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham deplored Washington's position on Aboutalebi as "unacceptable".



"The US government’s treatment of the Islamic Republic’s ambassador to the UN is unacceptable and Dr. Hamid Aboutalebi is Iran’s choice for the UN representative post,” Afkham said.



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