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Iranian state media reported that the US refused visas to members of President Masoud Pezeshkian's delegation, including his communications team, ahead of this week's UN General Assembly session, which Tehran called an 'unprecedented hostile move.' However, other reporting indicated the US would still allow Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi themselves to enter for the UNGA, marking the highest-ranking Iranian visit to the US since the war began in February. The conflicting visa decisions highlight the fraught state of US-Iran relations as world leaders converge on New York, with the Iran war and stalled diplomacy expected to be a central theme of this year's assembly.