Iran's Rouhani may cancel U.N. visit if U.S. visa not issued soon - state media


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  • Wednesday, 18 Sep 2019

FILE PHOTO: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends a news conference following trilateral talks with his counterparts Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey and Vladimir Putin of Russia in Ankara, Turkey September 16, 2019. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani may cancel his appearance at the U.N. General Assembly meeting this month if the United States fails to issue visas for him and the foreign minister in the next few hours, state media said on Wednesday.

"The visits will likely be cancelled if their visas are not issued in the next few hours," the state news agency IRNA reported.

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