https://freerepublic.com/tag/dujarric/ en-us Fri, 5 Aug 2005 21:50:17 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1457828/posts The Bush administration is considering taking the unprecedented step of preventing a visting head of state from addressing the United Nations in New York by denying a visa to Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, Iran's new elected conservative president. Officials said a decision rested on investigations into whether Mr Ahmadi-Nejad was involved in the 1979 US embassy hostage crisis and the killing of an Iranian-Kurdish dissident leader in Vienna in 1989. Iran denies his involvement in either event. A top Iranian official confirmed Thursday that Mr Ahmadi-Nejad, who took office on Wednesday, planned to address the UN Millennium Summit and its annual General... FT.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1457828/posts#comment Fri, 5 Aug 2005 21:50:17 GMT