Washington says two members of Tehran’s UN delegation defied an order to leave the country
The US has expelled two more members of the Iranian delegation that attended the UN General Assembly in New York after they allegedly ignored an order to leave the country, AFP and Axios reported on Saturday, citing a State Department official.
US and Iranian negotiators separately met with mediators last month without reaching a breakthrough, leaving the Middle East bracing for a potential resumption of hostilities. American media reported that after the sides failed to reach an agreement on Monday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and other diplomats to leave the country earlier than planned.
“Two more members of the Iranian delegation were found still in [New York] long after the United Nations General Assembly had passed. They have now been kicked out of the US,” a US official told AFP, adding that Rubio “means business.”
According to Axios, one diplomat left on Friday night and the other on Saturday morning.
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