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U.S. stops 20 Iran officials attending U.N. assembly - report
Source: Reuters
(Reuters) - The United States has denied visas to about 20 Iranian government officials hoping to attend next week's United Nations General Assembly, including two ministers, Iran's Fars news agency reported on Saturday.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a regular at the assembly since he took office in 2005, will give his final speech there on Wednesday and will address a meeting on the "rule of law" on Monday.
But of the 160-or-so visas requested by the Iranian delegation two months ago, about 20 were turned down, Fars said.
Read more: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/09/23/uk-un-assembly-iran-usa-idUKBRE88M01T20120923