One-time hostage of Iranian militants urges denial of visa to new Iran envoy involved in siege
A former American hostage named Barry Rosen was held by student extremist at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran for over a year. Rosen was blindfolded and held at gunpoint with 51 other Americans who were taken hostage. He stated that it would be an outrage and a disgrace if Washington allow a visa to be given to one of the militants recently named by Iran as its new U.N. ambassador. If the visa is given he says that his captivity and 444 days of suffering would be for nothing. Iran wants to send the new ambassador, Aboutalebi to New York as their new U.N. ambassador. Aboutalebi was a member of the hard-line Muslim student group that in 1979 took over the U.S. embassy in Tehran for 444 days and held American diplomats hostage. Barry Rosen thinks that Iran's new U.N. ambassador should never be allowed to come to America.
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