Amid expectations of retaliation for Israel’s suspected killing of senior Iranian military figures in Syria, Tehran’s top diplomat is set to travel to New York next week, Amwaj.media has learned. Informed sources say Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian plans to attend a UN Security Council meeting on Palestine, likely to be held on Apr. 18. While the US State Department has declined to comment on the visit, Iranian sources have alleged that entry visas have been issued for Amir-Abdollahian and his entourage.

The slated visit to New York comes as Iran and the US continue to exchange messages in an apparent effort to avoid an expansion of the...