▲ U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio effectively expelled the Iranian delegation staying in New York to attend the UN General Assembly after seeing no significant progress in negotiations, the U.S. online media outlet Axios reported on October 1, local time.
According to the report, Secretary Rubio demanded that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and other members of the Iranian delegation leave the United States immediately on September 28.
The Iranian delegation headed to the airport a few hours later and departed New York in the early hours of September 29.
Axios pointed out that effectively expelling them due to a lack of progress in negotiations with Iran was a highly unusual diplomatic measure.
Previously, the United States had issued visas allowing the Iranian delegation, including President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Araghchi, to attend the UN General Assembly held in New York late last month.
U.S. President Donald Trump has been seeking an agreement with Iran with the midterm elections one month away.
(Photo: AP, Yonhap News)
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