Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has canceled a planned visit to the United Nations, and Tehran's U.N. ambassador, Javad Zarif, on Friday blamed a delay in U.S. visas being issued to the crew of his airplane.Ahmadinejad wanted to speak to the U.N. Security Council before a vote, scheduled for 3 p.m. ET Saturday, on sanctions against Iran.
Iran, which contends the proposed sanctions are politically motivated, says it will still try to get high-level representation to the U.N. -- most likely the foreign minister.
The planned vote comes after the U.N.'s atomic energy watchdog agency said last month it could not verify that Iran's uranium enrichment program was strictly for peaceful purposes, as Iran has said. Western nations, including the United States, contend Iran is using the program to develop nuclear weapons.
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this right on the heel of the British troops being held......?