Iran's top diplomat due in US as lawmakers push to block officials from UN

Iran’s top diplomat is set to travel to the US to participate in a UN Security Council session on Palestine next week, a trip that is likely to highlight the simmering tensions between Washington and Tehran.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian will attend the UN Security Council meeting on Palestine scheduled for 18 April.

His trip comes with tensions at a boilerplate, following a strike on Iran’s consulate in Damascus, Syria, which Tehran said Israel conducted with US weapons and approval.

On Tuesday, Amir-Abdollahian repeated the accusation that the US approved the deadly strike that killed seven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) members, including two generals.

"America is responsible for this incident and must be held accountable," Abdollahian told reporters in Damascus.

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