Iran will not receive an American congressman who has expressed an interest in visiting Tehran, an Iranian official was quoted saying on Iran’s state-run radio. Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.) said last week that he wanted to go to Iran to see if Iran-U.S. relations could be improved.
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