Iran’s President to Make His Case to the World

“When a small Iranian delegation, led by the country’s president, travels to New York this week, its members will be free to attend the United Nations General Assembly—but not to go for a walk in Central Park or shop on Fifth Avenue without permission. Only a trip down the block from their Manhattan hotel to the UN building is allowed,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“The U.S. has long imposed restrictions on Tehran’s diplomats, but the circumstances of the Iranian delegation are particularly unusual this year as they visit an America their country is fighting in a nearly seven-month-old war.”

“There is little precedent for the U.S. to host national leaders from a country at war with Washington, even during the UN General Assembly, when thousands of foreign officials converge on New York.”

Bloomberg: Trump “probably” open to meeting Iran’s Pezeshkian.