U.S. refuses visas for Iran UN delegation members: state media

The United States has refused to issue visas to members of an Iranian delegation, including the communications team, scheduled to accompany Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to this week's United Nations General Assembly in New York. The decision was reported Monday by Iranian state media, noting that Pezeshkian is the highest-ranking Iranian official affected.

According to the state news agency IRNA, the U.S. government action involves the denial of visas to certain members of the high-level delegation. Iranian state media characterized the move as an unprecedented hostile action by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.