Ex-German MP slams US for denying visa to Iranˈs UN pick

A former German lawmaker of Iranian origin on Saturday lambasted the US refusal to issue a visa to Iranˈs newly named UN Ambassador Hamid Aboutalebi.

 

 
Speaking to the Deutschlandfunk radio station, Bijan Djir-Sarai of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) called the US decision ˈpolitically dumb.ˈ
 
He reiterated ˈthese kinds of provocations are politically dumbˈ and could impact the ongoing progress of nuclear talks between Iran and six powers (US, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany).
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