Ted Cruz says proposed Iranian ambassador to U.N. was hostage-taker in 1979

Associated Press ^ | April 01, 2014 at 9:53 PM

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WASHINGTON -- Iran has chosen a former hostage-taker involved in the 1979 seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran to serve as its ambassador at the United Nations, Sen. Ted Cruz said Tuesday in vowing to bar him from entering the United States.

Cruz said it was outrageous that Iran had selected Hamid Aboutalebi, who was a member of a Muslim student group that held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days, and was seeking a visa for him. The Texas Republican said he was offering legislation to ensure that Aboutalebi would be prevented from entering the country.

"It is unconscionable that in the name of international diplomatic protocol the United States would be forced to host a foreign national who showed a brutal disregard of the status of diplomats when they were stationed in his country," Cruz said in a speech on the Senate floor. "This person is an acknowledged terrorist."

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"If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton "We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn’t make any sense at all." -- President Ronald Reagan "A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." - Thomas Paine 1792 "It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." - Samuel Adams "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams

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[Sarah Barracuda]

Shouldnt be a surprise..we already have a terrorist in the White House, why not the UN

[CurlyDave]

I still remember when Achmejinidad or however his name is spelled came to the UN a few years ago.

Why no one in the US government had the stones to detain him and jail him for 52 hostages x 444 days = 63 years, which would have worked out to equal numbers of hostage-days is still an embarrassment.

[shibumi]

In my mind he will always be “Mach-Mood ArmaniDinnerJacket.”

(Hat tip to Dennis Miller.)

[Veto!]

Achmejinidad or however his name is spelled

Actually, it's Ahmaneedajihad.

[urbanpovertylawcenter]

Diplomatic immunity, no parking tickets, no arrests for nothing!

[Yorlik803]

Yep. Protection for life. He could come here, promote terrorism and we cant do a thing.
This is why the UN sucks. 90% of the countries in it are run by dictators with no regard to laws.

[DIRTYSECRET]

Let him in,arrest him,THEN close down the UN. Create a League of Democracies. US/GB/AUS gets veto power.

[Yorlik803]

That’s a sweet dream. But that will happen when unicorns roam the streets

[TXnMA]

Build a hell-hole duplicating Iranian prison conditions, and if the $08 sets foot on our soil, grab him and toss him in there for 444 days...