Iran protests US visa denial to diplomat http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2010/05/22/iran-protests-us-visa-denial-to-diplomat/

… “By denying Akhoundzadeh a visa to the United States, Washington officials kept a high-ranking Iranian diplomat from participating in a major conference on the review of the 40-year-old NPT,” he added in his Friday letter.

Khazaei said Akhoundzadeh’s presence in the meeting was crucial, primarily because of “his role as supervisor of Iran’s relations with the UN and secondly because of the meeting’s sharp focus on Tehran’s nuclear issue.”

He further added that Washington had defied its statutory obligation to issue visas for envoys of all UN member states, seeking to press forward its political agenda and apply pressure on certain countries.