U.S. allows Iranian delegation to attend U.N. General Assembly
The Trump administration has granted visas to a reduced Iranian delegation to attend U.N. General Assembly High Level Week in New York, while imposing travel and purchase restrictions, the State Department said. The core delegation will be allowed to transit to and from U.N. headquarters but is barred from buying luxury and wholesale goods; visiting figures named include President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. The decision comes seven months into the U.S. war with Iran, amid strikes on tankers and Strait of Hormuz tensions, and follows a separate U.S. ban on Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attending.
U.S. granted visas to a restricted Iranian UNGA delegation
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The United States and Iran have been at war for seven months. The U.S. will allow a smaller Iranian delegation to go to the U.N. but with travel and purchase limits.
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