Rouhani set to address UNGA amid high expectations at home
President Hassan Rouhani is in New York to address the UN General Assembly amid high expectations at home about the outcome of his trip.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrived in New York on Sept. 20 for his fourth — and perhaps last — address to the UN General Assembly as president of Iran. At home, expectations are high about his speech, conduct, improvement of economic ties and management of tensions with Arab states.
In an editorial published Sept. 20, Javan — a media outlet close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) — wrote that as opposed to the three previous years, domestic media has this year not paid much attention to Rouhani’s visit to New York, concluding that the trip has become trivial as Iranians have lost hope for improving relations with the United States.
