Baghaei: US visa denial to Iranian media team seeks to hide truth

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baghaei criticized the US denial of visas to Iranian journalists and media personnel accompanying Iran’s delegation to the UN General Assembly saying the move amounts to an attempt to hide the truth and continue a disinformation campaign by restricting access to information.

 

When an administration slams its doors shut - even on American journalists it happens to dislike - and bars foreign reporters, including the Iranian president’s media team, whose voices it would rather silence, it is not managing access; it is trying to hide the truth and further… pic.twitter.com/BxNnvQhecd

— Esmaeil Baqaei (@IRIMFA_SPOX) September 21, 2026