Earth Changes · Sep 18, 2026World War 3 Watch: Trump administration grants visas to top Iranian leaders to attend U.N. General Assembly

Earth Changes · World War 3 Watch · September 18, 2026 at 00:06 UTC

Key Facts

• Trump administration grants visas to top Iranian leaders to attend U.N. General Assembly (via nbcnews.com)^[1]
• Trump says ‘I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation’ in Iran negotiations (via abcnews.com)^[2]

Places mentioned: U.S., Iran, China, Tehran, New York, New York City
Organizations/groups mentioned: AAA, ABC, UNGA, IRGC, U.N., Trump, Senate, Iranian, Israeli, Travers

Trump administration grants visas to top Iranian leaders to attend U.N. General Assembly

The Trump administration will allow an Iranian delegation to attend the United Nations General Assembly next week, albeit with some restrictions, a State Department spokesperson said Thursday. The decision to grant Iranian top officials visas to travel to New York City for the annual meeting of global leaders comes seven months into the U.S. war with Iran. “Consistent with our host country obligations, the core delegation from the Iranian regime will be able to attend U.N. General Assembly High Level Week,” the spokesperson said in a statement. “The delegation will be under travel restrictions and will face prohibitions on the purchase of luxury and other goods per our policy.” The Iranian delegation’s trip comes at a sensitive time, as the U.S. military and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have continued attacks in the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway through which some 20% of the world’s oil flowed before the war.^[1]

Trump says ‘I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation’ in Iran negotiations

Trump says ‘I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation’ in Iran negotiations “I think about one thing: we cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon,” he said. President Donald Trump said Americans’ financial situation was “not even a little bit” of a motivating factor for him reaching a deal to end the war in Iran, despite a new report that inflation rose for a second consecutive month and hit a three-year high. Trump made the comment on Tuesday as he took questions from reporters as he left the White House for a high-stakes trip to China. “Not even a little bit,” the president said when asked to what extent Americans’ financial situations were motivating him to make a deal with Iran, as the war stretches into its 11th week. “The only thing that matters when I’m talking about Iran, they can’t have a nuclear weapon,” Trump continued.^[2]

References

1. nbcnews.com. Trump administration grants visas to top Iranian leaders to attend U.N. General Assembly. ↩
2. abcnews.com. Trump says ‘I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation’ in Iran negotiations. ↩

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