The United States has refused to issue visas for members of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian's delegation, including his communications team, for this week's UN General Assembly trip, Iranian state media reported Monday. IRNA called the move an "unprecedented hostile move" by the US government and attributed it to President Donald Trump.
Which members of Iran's UN delegation were refused US visas?
Iranian state media said the US denied visas to certain members of President Masoud Pezeshkian's high-level delegation, including his communications team. IRNA called the move unprecedented and hostile and attributed it to President Donald Trump. The Mehr news agency, citing a spokesperson for the Iranian presidency, also carried the story.
IRNA said: "In an unprecedented hostile move by the US government, (US President Donald) Trump has denied US visas to certain members of the president's high-level delegation, including members of his communications team."
Mehr added that Pezeshkian will address the UN General Assembly on Wednesday. He will be the highest-ranking Iranian official to enter the United States since the Middle East war began with US-Israeli strikes on Iran in February.
What restrictions does the US place on Iran's UN delegation?
The US has authorized the Iranian delegation to travel for the UN General Assembly but will, like last year, put restrictions in place. The State Department said on Thursday that the delegation will not be allowed to purchase luxury goods or other items.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, part of the delegation to the UN, left Iran on Sunday evening for a stopover in Qatar.
How do the Strait of Hormuz tensions affect US-Iran relations?
Iran says it has conveyed to the US, via Qatar as mediator, conditions for reopening the strategic Strait of Hormuz oil and gas shipping route. Iran has choked off the waterway since the war began. The United States, in turn, is imposing a counterblockade of Iranian ports.
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