The Trump administration is barring Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif from entering the United States this week to address the United Nations Security Council about the US elimination of Iran’s top military official Qassem Soleimani, three diplomatic sources told Foreign Policy on Monday.

The Iranian government was awaiting word on the visa Monday when a Trump administration official phoned UN Secretary-General António Guterres to inform him that the United States would not allow Zarif into the country, according to the report.


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