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U.S. denies Iran's Zarif visa to attend U.N.: U.S. official

FILE PHOTO: Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attends a news conference, a day ahead of the first meeting of the new Syrian Constitutional Committee at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, October 29, 2019. [Reuters/Denis Balibouse]

The United States has denied a visa to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif that would have allowed him to attend a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York on Thursday, a U.S. official said.

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