The Iranian representative of Iran Ismail Bagai condemned the US-introduced restrictions on Iranian diplomats who arrived in New York to participate in the UN General Assembly.
, published on the social network of the American company X, Bagai noted that the true goal of the strengthening restrictions introduced by the American administration regarding Iranian diplomats and their members of their family, consists in undermining the diplomatic activities of Iran at the UN.
Having called the US actions “systematic persecution”, the representative of the Foreign Ministry emphasized that the restrictions prevent the Iranian diplomats from participating in many events in New York. US obligations under the UN headquarters agreement, but also demonstrates the scale of the hostility of the American administration in relation to the Iranians, ”Bagai said.
earlier, the representative of the US State Department Tommy Pigott said that Iranian diplomats will be limited to the“ zone necessary to fulfill their official duties in the headquarters of the UN. ”