The State Department restricted the delegation to a narrow hotel block near the UN and banned visits to luxury retail stores or wholesale clubs including Costco and Sam's Club. Pezeshkian is accompanied by 6 senior officials, including Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, though his office reported that US authorities denied visas to the president's accompanying media team.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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Iran President Pezeshkian Enters US for Rare War-Time UN Visit
Geopolitics28 days ago
The Iranian leader has arrived in New York to address the UN General Assembly on Wednesday morning, marking a rare instance of a head of state from a nation at war with the US entering the country. Washington granted Masoud Pezeshkian entry under a 1947 headquarters agreement that obliges the United States to permit foreign leaders to visit the city for United Nations business regardless of existing hostilities.
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