President Raeisi to leave Tehran for New York on Monday

Iran's President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi will set off for New York to deliver a speech at the 77th United Nations General Assembly session about the Islamic Republic's stance on the “fair international order through economic multilateralism.”

According to Press TV, heading a high-ranking delegation, Raeisi would leave Tehran on Monday to attend the annual meeting and hold talks with heads of states attending the events as well as international figures.

On Sunday, the Iranian president met with the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei upon return from Uzbekistan, where he attended the 22nd Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit.

President Raeisi presented a report on his Uzbekistan visit and briefed Ayatollah Khamenei on his upcoming UNGA trip.

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution expressed his satisfaction with the report and the set of measures taken and wished the president success on the eve of his trip to New York.

Raeisi: No meeting with Joe Biden at UN

President Ebrahim Raeisi said has no plans for either meeting or talking with his American counterpart, Joe Biden, during his upcoming trip to New York.

"I do not think that such a meeting is going to take place," Raeisi told CBS News' 60 Minutes program during an interview conducted Tuesday, which the channel is going to broadcast in full on Sunday.

Iran's president made the comment when he was asked, "Are you open to a meeting with President Biden?  A face-to-face?" adding, "I don't  believe having a meeting or a talk with him will be beneficial."

The Iranian president was also asked whether he could see any differences between the Biden administration and the administration of his predecessor Donald Trump.

"The new administration in the US, they claim that they are different from the Trump administration," Raeisi said, adding, "They have said it in their messages to us. But we haven't witnessed any changes in reality."

Speaking to Qatar's Al Jazeera television network on Thursday, Raeisi likewise said direct talks with the US over the nuclear agreement were "of no avail."

The final decision for restoration of the JCPOA rested with the US, he said, adding, "The US has to take trust-building measures" towards the Iranian side.

Raeisi also told the Doha-based network that any potential removal of the American sanctions had to be accompanied with relevant "guarantees" that Washington would not return the bans again.

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