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US State Dept. reportedly blocks meeting between official in Mamdani’s office and Iranian envoy
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Ana Maria Archila speaks to New Yorkers while canvasing in Union Square, June 27, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
The US State Department reportedly blocked a meeting between Iranian officials and the head of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Office for International Affairs.
The commissioner for the city’s Office for International Affairs, Ana María Archila, was supposed to meet Amir-Saeid Iravani, Iran’s representative to the United Nations, on Tuesday, according to City Journal.
A State Department official tells the outlet that the meeting was canceled after State Department officials met with the Mamdani administration, telling the city that the meeting was not acceptable.
Archila did not inform Mamdani about the meeting ahead of time, the report says.
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