# US approves visas for top Iranian leaders to attend UN high-level meeting despite war

https://mins.news/en/item/63394

- The Associated Press, 2026-09-17 23:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://bit.ly/4xpKVdH

> The Trump administration has approved visas for senior Iranian officials to attend next week’s U.N. General Assembly high-level session in New York, despite the United States and Iran being at war.

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