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Iran has rejected a U.S. request to allow American consular officials to visit Iran periodically to promote people-to-people exchanges, the State Department said Tuesday. Spokesman James P. Rubin said it is "high time" for Iran to allow such visits, given that Iranian officials are routinely permitted to come to the United States to visit private American citizens. Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, disclosed in a speech made public Tuesday the U.S.

Iran has rejected a U.S. request to allow American consular officials to visit Iran periodically to promote people-to-people exchanges, the State Department said Tuesday. Spokesman James P. Rubin said it is "high time" for Iran to allow such visits, given that Iranian officials are routinely permitted to come to the United States to visit private American citizens. Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, disclosed in a speech made public Tuesday the U.S.

Iran has refused a visa to the son of former President Carter, who broke diplomatic ties with Tehran after the Islamic Revolution and the U.S. Embassy hostage crisis in 1979, the official Islamic Republic News Agency said. The agency quoted an unidentified source as saying that James E. "Chip" Carter III, who was to lead a group of Americans to Iran in May, was refused a visa because of his "past record."

Iran has refused a visa to the son of former President Carter, who broke diplomatic ties with Tehran after the Islamic Revolution and the U.S. Embassy hostage crisis in 1979, the official Islamic Republic News Agency said. The agency quoted an unidentified source as saying that James E. "Chip" Carter III, who was to lead a group of Americans to Iran in May, was refused a visa because of his "past record."