US Expels Two Members of Iranian UN Delegation

The US State Department announced Saturday that it had expelled two members of the Iranian delegation that took part in United Nations General Assembly meetings.

The two had remained in the United States despite an order requiring them to leave, according to the announcement.

The action concerned members of the delegation that attended the General Assembly meetings, rather than the Iranian delegation as a whole.

The brief announcement did not identify the two members or specify when the departure order was issued. It also did not explain why they had initially been ordered to leave.