US: Iranian foreign minister can only visit sick colleague on NY trip if Iran releases hostage
The U.S. said Friday that Iran’s foreign minister can visit the country’s ailing U.N. ambassador in a New York hospital -- if his country agrees to release an American prisoner in exchange./ Mohammad Javad Zarif is in New York for the annual U.N. gathering of world leaders, but the Trump administration has strictly sanctioned where within New York City Zarif may travel. Zarif, hoping to visit U.N. Ambassador Majid Takht-Ravanchi as he is being treated for cancer, sought permission from the State Department, U.N. diplomats said./ "Iran has ...
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