ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is set to travel to the US “in the coming days” and attend the United Nations General Assembly’s annual meeting in New York, Iranian state media reported on Sunday, as tensions between Iran and the US persist.

Washington on Thursday confirmed that the US had approved visas for Iranian delegations to visit New York and attend the UN General Assembly’s annual meeting, with State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott telling reporters that the decision was “consistent with our host country obligations.”

Iranian state broadcaster IRIB on Sunday confirmed the reports.

“The President will travel to the United States in the coming days to attend the UN General Assembly,” IRIB said, adding that Pezeshkian will hold meetings with the leaders of several nations “outlining the country's stance on global issues – particularly the US-Israeli war against Iran.”

US President Donald Trump told Fox News on Sunday that he would “probably be” open to meeting with Pezeshkian, adding that he is in a “deciding mode” and "very big things" are expected to happen in the near future regarding the US-Iran war.

Along with the Iranian president, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has also been granted a US visa and is expected to travel to New York as part of the delegation, a US source familiar with the decision told NBC on Thursday. Iran has not yet confirmed that the foreign minister will visit New York as of the time of writing this article.

“This year, no visas have been issued to any members of the President's media team,” Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) affiliated Mehr News reported.

Araghchi was set to travel to the US to attend a UN Security Council meeting in May, though the trip remained uncertain for a while, with Iran citing delays in visa approval. Tehran later said the trip was cancelled, claiming other priorities emerged.

In January, the US State Department revoked immigration privileges for families and relatives of Iranian officials in response to the regime’s “brutal oppression.”

Last year Washington also limited the Iranian UN delegation’s travel to strictly necessary areas while in New York, a move that was condemned by Tehran.