State Department: Iran declined second Trump administration meeting at UN

The State Department confirmed Tuesday that Iran declined a special high-level meeting with the Trump administration during the United Nations General Assembly.

State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert resisted reporters’ efforts to identify the specific Trump administration official who would have participated in the meeting. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had his own meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and other diplomats involved in the Iran nuclear deal talks. Iranian officials claimed Sunday that the regime declined to meet with President Trump himself.