Kochi: The Trump administration has imposed restrictions on Iranian diplomats and officials shopping at Costco or other wholesale retailers without approval from the State Department, the New York Times reported.
The regulations were imposed in the wake of diplomats from across the world visiting New York this week for the annual United Nations General Assembly.
International sanctions on Iran imposed over its nuclear program have created economic hardship for ordinary Iranians.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman for Iran, Esmail Baghaei, said that the measures contravened the United States’ obligations as host.
Iranian diplomats have often faced stringent restrictions like being confining to a 40-kilometer radius of Manhattan’s Columbus Circle.
In 2019, the Trump administration imposed stringent bars on Iranian diplomats and their families from traveling beyond Kennedy International Airport and the like.
Russian and Chinese diplomats have long been subject to movement restrictions, and are required take special permission to visit restricted zones for them, the NYT said.
US curbs Iran enoys’ shopping
