President Raisi Meets with Leader Ahead of UN Trip


TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi met with Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei ahead of his trip to New York to attend the 77th session of the UN General Assembly.

In the Sunday meeting with Ayatollah Khamenei, the Iranian president gave a report on his meetings and the agreements signed during his stay in Uzbekistan’s Samarkand, where he attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit.

Raisi also outlined his plans in the upcoming trip to New York for the UN General Assembly.

Expressing satisfaction with the president’s report and his measures, Ayatollah Khamenei wished him success in his debut trip to New York.

Raisi will leave Tehran for New York on Monday morning.

The president has said he is not going to either meet or talk with his US counterpart, Joe Biden, during the UNGA.