Iranian Foreign Minister Araqchi denies allegations that diplomats were deported

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arakchi denied the claim that two Iranian diplomats who attended the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York were "deported by the United States on the grounds that they did not leave the country within the time required for them to leave the country."

In his post on his social media account, Arakchi reacted to the news of the US-based news platform Axios that two Iranian diplomats were asked to leave the USA after the UN General Assembly.

Denying the news, Arakchi said, "All Iranian diplomats who attended the UN General Assembly, except for one who left earlier, left (the US) as planned. Bragging about the 'expulsion' of fake diplomats is not appropriate for the head of any diplomatic mission (US Secretary of State Marco Rubio). This attitude reeks of desperation and defeat and is incompatible with the obligations undertaken by the UN as a host country." he said.