Iran press/ Iran: Upon arrival at John F. Kennedy International Airport late Sunday, Hassan Rouhani said that like previous years, this year’s trip has been planned for attending UN General Assembly Summit and meeting with some leaders, But this year the situation is different as the US has withdrawn from the JCPOA.
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“This is a suitable opportunity to expose US breaches of the international regulations,” he said as reported by IRNA. “We are going to explain Iran’s viewpoints and stances on international and regional developments,” Rouhani said.
Rouhani is scheduled to explain Iran’s viewpoints and stances on international developments on Tuesday.
Rouhani would also draw global attention to the consequences of US exit from the international pact known as Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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He is also slated to focus on the risks of repeated violations of international pacts by the US and its unilateralism.
President Rouhani will also address Peace Summit commemorating the anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela on Monday.
Meeting with the US foreign policy elites, interview with foreign media and meeting with UN secretary general are among other programs of the Iranian president during his stay in New York.
Rouhani's chief of staff Mahmoud Vaezi, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, deputy foreign minister for political affairs, Majid Takht-e Ravanchi and deputy foreign minister Seyyed Abbas Araqchi are accompanying Rouhani on his trip to New York.
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Pompeo: Trump wants to talk with Iran at UN
US President Donald Trump wants to hold talks with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during this week's United Nations General Assembly gathering, according to his Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Trump keeps talking about new negotiations with Iran after withdrawing from the nuclear deal and imposing sanctions, prospect repeatedly shattered by Iranian leaders.
Donald Trump is also scheduled to host a Security Council meeting on non-proliferation. On Friday, he tweeted that the gathering would be about Iran.
The Washington Post reported this week that the White House had backed away from that Iran-focused plan, in part, because Iranian officials would have been given an opportunity to respond.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi has previously dismissed as "ridiculous" claims attributed to US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley that Iranian President Hassan Rouhani had asked for a bilateral meeting with Trump.
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