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The U.S. has refused to issue a visa to Iran's choice for U.N. ambassador, Hamid Aboutalebi, because of his links to the group behind the 1979 hostage crisis at the U.S. embassy in Tehran. The visa ban blocks him from taking up his position and has sparked a diplomatic row. THE background Aboutalebi says his involvement in the 1979 crisis was limited to translating for the group that seized the embassy. Following the Iranian revolution, he became a diplomat and has served as Iran's envoy to Italy, Belgium, Australia and the E.U.