US is blocking Iranian diplomats in US from shopping at Costco(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. “We will not allow the Iranian regime to allow its clerical elites to have a shopping spree in New York while the Iranian people endure poverty, crumbling infrastructure, and dire shortages of water and electricity,” Pigott said Monday. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is expected to lead the Iranian delegation traveling to the New York for the annual gathering. “By preventing Iranian regime officials from exploiting diplomatic travel to the UN as a means to obtain goods unavailable to the Iranian public, we are sending a clear message: When the United States says it stands with the people of Iran, we mean it,” he continued. “Today’s actions affirms the United States’ unwavering commitment to supporting the Iranian people in their pursuit of accountability for the regime and for a better life.”