The United Nations Security Council holds a meeting on Iran at U.N. headquarters n New York on Sept. 19, 2025. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images
The U.S. Department of State on Sept. 22 barred diplomats from Iran from visiting stores such as Costco, Sam’s Club, and BJ’s Wholesale Club while in the United States to attend the U.N. General Assembly in New York City.
The State Department issued a statement indicating that Iranian diplomats working at the U.N. headquarters would not be able to access “wholesale club stores and luxury goods” while in the country. The Iranian officials would also be restricted in their movements through the United States, with them being limited to “areas strictly necessary to transit to and from the UN headquarters district to conduct their official UN business.”
