Iran Continues to Rub America’s Nose in 1979 Hostage Drama

PJ Media  "Iran would never come out and say openly, “Here’s a reminder of how we humiliated you 35 years ago by seizing your embassy and holding your people hostage.” Even for the cloistered leadership of Iran, that would be too obvious.

"But neither are they basking in subtlety when they name a participant in that terrorist act as UN ambassador.

 

"On Friday, the US State Department denied a visa to Hamid Abutalebi, an admitted member of the group of students who masterminded the taking of our embassy in Tehran in 1979. Mr. Abutalebi was destined to become the new Iranian ambassador to the UN."