Ted Cruz: Iran Move Is ‘Slap In The Face,’ Raises Question Of Obama Administration ‘Naivete’

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said Iran’s selection of Hamid Aboutalebi as its ambassador at the United Nations is a “slap in the face.”

During a Thursday appearance on Fox News, Cruz called the appointment “dismaying” and said it’s “another indication of how radical, how extreme, how anti-American Iran is.”

“This is not an accident, that they nominate and name, an admitted terrorist, someone who participated in holding Americans hostage for 444 days, and they propose to send him as their ambassador to the U.N., to live in New York City, in Manhattan,” Cruz said. “It’s designed to be a slap in the face.”

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