Iran sees clearly the weakness of the Obama administration, and the rogue nation sought to test it by nominating Hamid Aboutalebi as their ambassador to the UN. Aboutalebi played a key role in the 1979 hostage crisis, in which 52 Americans were held for 444 days at the U.S. embassy. Upon hearing of his nomination, both houses of Congress quickly passed a bill demanding the administration deny the visa, though Barack Obama hasn’t yet signed it. Still, the White House got this one right, saying Aboutalebi’s nomination was “not viable” and that he will not be granted a visa. That means he cannot then serve as Iran’s ambassador since the UN is based in New York. We hope he sticks with his decision.