Ex-Hostage Taker will be Iran's UN Envoy
Hamid Aboutalebi was a member of the group that held 52 Americans hostage in Tehran for 444 days, in 1979.
Hamid Aboutalebi was a member of the group that held 52 Americans hostage in Tehran for 444 days, in 1979.
Iran's bombastic president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the US can no longer dictate world policy; remains mum on nuke program
Poll shows 49% favor military confrontation, and 31% oppose. Similar number think US should help Israel if it strikes Iran.
Official news agency says letter from U.S. UN Ambassador reached Tehran. The missive warns closure of Hormuz Straits would be "red line."
"We recommend ... to the American warship that passed through the Strait of Hormuz… not to return to the Persian Gulf."