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US denies visas to Pezeshkian's media team as Iran's president heads to the UN General Assembly
September 21, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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MAMasrawy
واشنطن تمنع الفريق الإعلامي للرئيس الإيراني من دخول أمريكا لحضور اجتماعات الأمم المتحدة
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MAMasrawy
إعلام إيراني: واشنطن ترفض منح تأشيرات للفريق الإعلامي لبزشكيان | مصراوي
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بزشكيان إلى نيويورك.. ورفض تأشيرة الوفد الإعلامي المرافق له
(opens the publisher’s site)Washington has refused entry visas to members of the Iranian delegation, including the media team accompanying President Masoud Pezeshkian to New York.
- The United States declined to grant visas to other members of the Iranian delegation, among them the media staff accompanying Pezeshkian, Iranian state media reported.
- Pezeshkian will fly to New York on Tuesday to address the 81st UN General Assembly session, IRNA quoted presidential public affairs chief Habibollah Abbasi as saying Monday.
- Trump said he is open to meeting Pezeshkian on the margins of the UN meetings.
- Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi traveled to Doha on Sunday ahead of his own trip to New York.
- The US State Department confirmed senior Iranian officials, including Pezeshkian and Araghchi, will be admitted under host-country obligations, but with a smaller delegation and restrictions on luxury purchases.