Iran slams US for barring Zarif from New York hospital visit

In this image taken from aboard a Royal Navy Wildcat helicopter patrolling the Gulf as part of the International Maritime Security Construct, shows the MV Stena Impero, background, as it sails from the port at Bandar Abbas, Iran, after being released by Iranian officials Friday Sept. 27, 2019. Iran on Friday released the British-flagged oil tanker it had seized in July 2019, while the country’s president, returning from an annual United Nations meeting, said he had been told the United States had offered to lift sanctions if Tehran returned to the negotiating table over its nuclear program. (Dan Rosenbaum/British Royal Navy via AP)

In this Sept. 23, 2019, file photo, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, left, arrives for the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters. Iran on Saturday criticized the United States for what it called an “inhumane” decision to bar its foreign minister who was attending the U.N. summit meetings in New York from visiting a hospitalized Iranian diplomat in the city. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran slammed on Saturday the United States for what it called an “inhumane” decision to bar its foreign minister, who was attending the U.N. summit meetings in New York, from visiting a hospitalized Iranian diplomat in the city.

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