Rouhani in New York

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his foreign policy team arrived in New York on Sunday for a week of high-stake diplomacy during and on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the UN General Assembly.

- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met on Monday with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. The two chair the Iranian and P5+1 delegations respectively in talks on Iranian nuclear program.

- Zarif on Monday also met with British Foreign Secretary William Hague, who put a photo of their handshaking on Twitter.

- President Hassan Rouhani will address the UNGA on Tuesday. He is expected to call for UN support of Iran’s nuclear rights and use of diplomacy to resolve the Syrian conflict. Rouhani, however, is also expected to use a moderate tone unheard of in the eight years of Ahmadinejad’s administration, in what is now called the Iranian “charm offensive,” to raise the international status of Iran.

- On Thursday, Zarif and the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will head their delegations during the P5+1 foreign minister meeting. The symbolic gathering is expected to set a positive tone for the upcoming nuclear negotiations between Iran and the six major powers.

- Rouhani could also meet with President Barrack Obama. The U.S. president will open the UNGA meeting on Tuesday. Rouhani will address the UNGA on the same day.

- Rouhani will also chair the meeting of Non-Aligned Movement in New York on Thursday.

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (Reuters)

President Rouhani and Iran’s Ambassador to the UN Mohammad Khazaee making their way to Manhattan (@HassanRouhani / Twitter)

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and British Foreign Secretary William Hague (@WilliamJHague / Twitter)

Zarif and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (IRIB)

Photos of Zarif and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry who will attend the P5+1/Iran foreign ministers meeting on Thursday (AFP)