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ARTICLE VIEW:
US considers banning Iranian diplomats from shopping at Costco during
UN meeting
By Associated Press
Updated:
1:53 PM EDT, Fri September 5, 2025
Source: AP
The Trump administration already has and his large delegation to attend
a high-level UN meeting this month and is now considering ramping up
restrictions on several other delegations that would severely limit
their ability to travel outside New York City.
Potential travel and other restrictions could soon be imposed on the
delegations from Iran, Sudan, Zimbabwe and, perhaps surprisingly,
Brazil, which has held a traditional place of honor during the
high-level leaders gathering at the UN General Assembly that begins
Sept. 22, according to an internal State Department memo seen by The
Associated Press.
While the potential restrictions are still under consideration and the
circumstances could change, the proposals would be another step in the
Trump administration’s , including a wide-ranging review of those
already holding legal permissions to come to the US and those seeking
entry to head to the UN meeting.
The movements of Iranian diplomats are severely limited in New York,
but one proposal being floated would bar them from shopping at big,
members-only wholesale stores like Costco and Sam’s Club without
first receiving the express permission of the State Department.
Such stores have been a favorite of Iranian diplomats posted to and
visiting New York because they are able to buy large quantities of
products not available in their country for relatively cheap prices and
send them home.
It was not immediately clear if or when the proposed shopping ban for
Iran would take effect, but the memo said the State Department also was
looking at drafting rules that would allow it to impose terms and
conditions on memberships in wholesale clubs by all foreign diplomats
in the US.
For Brazil, it was not clear if any potential visa restrictions affect
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva or lower-level members of the
country’s delegation to the UN gathering.
Brazil’s president is traditionally the first world leader to speak
before the gathered officials on the opening day of the session. The US
president is by precedent the second speaker.
Lula has been a target of US President Donald Trump, who objects to his
government’s of his friend, former President Jair Bolsonaro, on
allegations of leading an attempted coup.
One country that will see fewer restrictions is Syria, whose delegation
members have received a waiver from limitations that have been put on
their UN travel for more than a decade.
That waiver was issued last week, according to the memo, and comes as
the Trump administration seeks to following the last year of Syria’s
president, Bashar Assad, and integrate the once-pariah nation into the
Middle East.
Though named as possible targets, the memo did not specify what
restrictions might be imposed on the Sudanese and Zimbabwean
delegations.
The State Department did not immediately provide comment. The Iranian
and Brazilian UN missions didn’t immediately reply to requests for
comment.
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