AFP – The United States\u2019 refusal to issue a visa to Iran\u2019s pick for UN ambassador is not impacting talks over the country\u2019s disputed nuclear program, Washington\u2019s envoy to the United Nations said Sunday.<\/p>\n
Washington has said it won\u2019t issue a visa to newly appointed Hamid Aboutalebi, who has been linked to the 1979 U.S. hostage crisis.<\/p>\n
Iran, in response, has insisted the objection is unacceptable and threatens to cloud a gradual thaw in relations between the two enemies after decades of mistrust.<\/p>\n
The spat comes as Tehran and world powers engage in negotiations aimed at transforming a temporary accord on Iran\u2019s nuclear program into a permanent agreement.<\/p>\n
In an interview with ABC\u2019s \u201cThis Week\u201d program, the U.S. envoy to the U.N. said Washington was focused on continuing those so-called P5+1 talks involving the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany.<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing in this quite public confrontation so far has had any impact on that,\u201d Ambassador Samantha Power said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAgain, so far we had talks just last week. We\u2019ll have more high level talks in the next month,\u201d she added when prodded about potential harm.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd our experts are meeting every day. We have not seen this issue influence those talks in any way. And the urgency, of course, of that issue is plain to everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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