Foreign Ministry reacts to new U.S travel ban

Deputy Foreign Minister for European and American Affairs Majid Takht Ravanchi reacted to President Donald Trump’s new executive order banning citizens of Iran and five other Muslim-majority countries from obtaining U.S. visas for 90 days and suspending "admission of refugees into the US for 120 days.”

 

The new order exempts legal U.S. permanent residents and those traveling to the U.S. with valid visas and takes effect on March 16. Takht Ravanchi stated that Iran rejects the new order and believes that "its bases are shaky.”

    Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghassemi also stated that Iran will place "bans and other legal restrictions” on U.S. individuals and entities which have supported terrorist groups or assisted regional dictators in suppressing their populations.

 

Ghassemi stated that Iran will announced the list of impacted U.S. individuals and entities "in due time.”