US bans Iranian officials at UN summit from ‘shopping spree in New York’
by Agence France-Press in Washington from World news | The Guardian on (#70947)
US state department spokesperson says officials unable to shop while Iranian people endure poverty'
Iranian officials at the UN summit this week won't be able to shop in New York after the US government barred them from purchasing everything from bulk household goods to expensive watches.
The restrictions on the visiting Iranians were described by a state department spokesman as maximum pressure."
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