Overview
- A leaked State Department memo describes potential new restrictions on delegations from Iran, Sudan, Zimbabwe and possibly Brazil during the United Nations General Assembly later this month.
- One proposal would require Iranian diplomats to obtain State Department permission before shopping at Costco or Sam’s Club, adding to their existing movement limits in New York.
- The administration has already revoked visas for Palestinian Authority and PLO officials, including Mahmoud Abbas, ahead of the meetings.
- Syria’s delegation has been granted a waiver easing long-standing U.N. travel limits, contrasting with tighter measures under consideration for other governments.
- Forty bipartisan lawmakers urged the president to restrict or deny visas for Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian and senior officials, while any potential limits on Brazil’s delegation—especially whether President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva would be affected—remain unclear.