US to allow Iran delegation to attend UN meetings in New York as war passes half-year mark
The BBC understands Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi are among the delegates allowed to enter the US.
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The BBC understands Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi are among the delegates allowed to enter the US.
“As long as Abbas continues his policy of making payments to terrorists and their families, he cannot expect the international community to simply ignore it," Danon said.
The White House denounced the UN report, which also assessed Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity as they stifled protests in January.
U.N.-commissioned rights experts say there are "reasonable grounds" to believe the U.S. committed war crimes with strikes that killed scores of Iranian civilians.
Turkey, Pakistan, and Qatar have played their hands well since February 28, without disrupting their relations with either the United States or Iran.
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