(CNN) — The Trump administration is blocking Iranian diplomats from accessing the “wholesale club stores” like Costco and purchasing luxury goods while in the United States, State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said Monday.

Iranian officials visiting New York for the annual UN General Assembly are also restricted “to the areas strictly necessary to transit to and from the UN headquarters district to conduct their official UN business,” Pigott said in a statement Monday. The US government has put restrictions on the Iranian delegation’s movements in the past.

In a notice scheduled to be published in the Federal Register, the State Department said that Iranian officials, including those stationed at the Iranian Mission in New York, must obtain approval to have a membership and p

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