Washington – Lawmaker Calls for Kicking UN Iranians Out of US

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    FILE - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (waving), President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is shown with his delegation in the General Assembly Hall during the general debate of the Assembly's sixty- fourth session. 23/Sep/2009. United Nations, New York. UN Photo/Evan Schneider. Washington – New York Congressman Peter King says the U.S. should kick out Iranian officials at the U.N. in New York and in Washington because many of them are spies.

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    Speaking at a hearing Wednesday, the Republican says such a move would send a clear signal after the recent alleged Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington.

    The U.S. and Iran have no diplomatic relations and thus there are no Iranian diplomats in the U.S. except those attached to the U.N. mission in New York. Iran maintains a fulltime U.N. ambassador and a staff there. Although those diplomats are allowed to live in the U.S. for that purpose, the U.N. is an independent international body and the U.S. cannot simply kick out diplomats accredited there en masse.


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    Ari
    Ari
    12 years ago

    How about kicking out the entire useless UN altogether?

    shtill
    shtill
    12 years ago

    How about asking him to rant in his own bedroom.

    EmesMeieretz
    EmesMeieretz
    12 years ago

    PRESIDENT REAGEN ONCE SAID. HE WISHES TO SEE THE UN PUT ON A BOAT AND LET IT SAIL INTO THE SUNSET