TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani will leave Tehran for New York on Sunday to attend the 72nd annual session of UN General Assembly, where he is set to deliver a speech, IRNA reported.

Rouhani will be accompanied by his chief diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif and some other cabinet members.

Rouhani will also hold bilateral meetings with a number of heads of state participating in the UN event.

He is also scheduled to meet with a number of Iranian nationals living in the U.S.

MH/PA