U.S. Grants Visa for Iran's New President to Visit U.N.
7th Sep 2005, 08:05 GMT
Despite initial legal objections from the Department of Homeland Security, the Bush administration yesterday granted a visa to Iran's new president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to attend the opening next week of the U.N. General Assembly, according to the State Department.
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