On 2026-09-17, the Trump administration approved visas for a 'core delegation' of Iranian officials, including leadership, to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York the following week. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was scheduled to address the assembly.
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The Trump administration will allow the core members of an Iranian delegation to travel to the United Nations in New York for the General Assembly next week, the State Department said, even as the US and Iran remain at war in the Middle East.
The Trump administration will allow a “core delegation” of Iranian leadership to attend the high-level session of the United Nations General Assembly next week in New York City, a State Department spokesman said Thursday, even as the U.S. and Iran remain at war and negotiations have stalled. The State Department is granting visas for the...