Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has headed to New York to attend the 77th session of the UN General Assembly, his first such meeting as president. Raisi will be accompanied by members of his cabinet and according to Iranian press reports, the delegation plans to meet with other heads of state. He is also slated to address the UN General Assembly.
The trip comes as Iran is rocked by protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who died while in police custody after being apprehended by the hijab police. There has been widespread anger in the streets and social media over her death and the increasingly unpopular hijab laws. Iranian social media has been flooded with videos of police clashing with protesters.
