Iranian president Hassan Rouhani
Base on trending news report Iran will block American citizens from entering the country in
“retaliation” for Donald Trump’s ban on travellers from seven
majority-Muslim countries coming to the US, officials have said.
It is gathered that Tehran’s foreign ministry said in a statement it would enforce its own ban “until the offensive US limitations against Iranian nationals are lifted”.
The US ban is an “affront against the Muslim world”, the statement said, adding it would be a “great gift to extremists”.
Mr Trump’s policy of barring citizens from Iran, Iraq, Libya,
Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen has caused outrage around the world.
The Republican billionaire signed an executive order on Friday that
suspended travel visas for anyone from those seven “countries of
particular concern” from entering the US for at least 90 days.
The United Nations has condemned the ban and the International
Organisation for Migration called on the new President’s administration
to continue offering asylum to people fleeing war and persecution.
“The needs of refugees and migrants worldwide have never been
greater and the US resettlement program is one of the most important in
the world,” the two agencies said in a joint statement.
The Iranian Foreign ministry statement released on Saturday evening read: “While
respecting the American people and distinguishing between them and the
hostile policies of the U.S. government, Iran will implement the
principle of reciprocity until the offensive U.S. limitations against
Iranian nationals are lifted.
"The restrictions against travel by Muslims to America are an
open affront against the Muslim world and the Iranian nation in
particular and will be known as a great gift to extremists.”
Earlier on Saturday, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani issued a thinly-veiled criticism of the US President.
Without naming Mr Trump, he said now was not the time to build barriers between nations.
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