Overview

• The Associated Press reported that a State Department memo outlines possible visa and movement limits for the delegations of Iran, Brazil, Sudan and Zimbabwe during the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
• One proposal would require Iranian diplomats to obtain State Department permission to shop at Costco or Sam’s Club, and officials are studying broader rules governing wholesale-club memberships for all foreign diplomats.
• The State Department has not announced any decisions or commented on the memo, and it is unclear whether potential limits would include Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva or only members of his delegation.
• Syria’s delegation received a waiver last week easing long-standing UN travel restrictions, according to the memo.
• After visas were denied to Mahmoud Abbas and a large Palestinian delegation for a separate high-level UN meeting, a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers urged President Trump to block or restrict visas for Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, and other officials.