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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Maziar Motamedi

Why did Iran’s foreign minister want to go to Washington?

An Amirabdollahian visit to Washington would have been the first by an Iranian foreign minister in 14 years [File: Kirill Kudryavtsev/Pool Photo via AP]

Tehran, Iran – Iran’s foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, reportedly expressed an interest in visiting the United States capital last week but was denied by its government.

The request, confirmed by US officials, came after an eventful trip to New York alongside President Ebrahim Raisi to take part in the United Nations General Assembly.

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