The United States has denied visas to most members of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s media team for his trip to the UN General Assembly in New York, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reported on Tuesday.
Fars, which is affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards, said only the president’s public relations chief and deputy were granted visas, leaving no official photographers or cameramen to cover the visit.
The agency added that the two officials now bear sole responsibility for reporting on “the large number of events” during Pezeshkian’s trip.
It also said that under travel restrictions imposed by the administration of US President Donald Trump, Iranian delegates in New York need permits even to buy items such as fountain pens, classified as “luxury goods.”
