Meet Hamid Abutalebi.<br/> <br />He's a top Iranian diplomat and the country's proposed new envoy to the United Nations.<br/> <br />But he won't be coming to the UN if the U.S. has anything to say about it.<br/> <br />Congress voted to deny Abutalebi a visa because of suspected links to the 1979-1981 hostage crisis.<br/> <br />Abutalebi says he periodically acted as an interpreter for the militants who held the hostages.<br/> <br />White House Press Secretary Jay Carney:<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY JAY CARNEY SAYING:<br/> <br />"We've communicated with the Iranians on a number of levels and made clear our position on this, and that includes our position that the selection was not viable and our position that we will not be issuing a visa."<br/> <br />Back Tehran, Iranians are protesting the move.<br/> <br />As demonstrators chant anti-U.S. slogans, an ultra-conservative parliamentarian rejects the U.S. legislation.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Farsi) ULTRA-CONSERVATIVE MP MEHRDAD BAZRPASH SAYING:<br/> <br />"Our
