US issues visas for Iran's Rouhani, Zarif to travel to UN meeting  

• United States has issued visas allowing Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to travel to New York.
• Iranian UN mission spokesman Alireza Miryousefi confirmed.

UNITED NATIONS: The United States has issued visas allowing Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to travel to New York for the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations next week, Iran's UN mission said on Thursday.

Iranian UN mission spokesman Alireza Miryousefi confirmed to Reuters that the US visas had been issued.