Tehran Refuses Visa to Carter’s Son

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.” About 25 former Peace Corps volunteers who served in Iran in the 1960s and 1970s were expected to participate in the trip. The younger Carter is vice president of international development with the Friendship Force.