At a moment both sides are still engaged in highly sensitive nuclear negotiations, Iran has strongly condemned US President Donald Trump’s new travel ban, blasting it as “racist” and indicative of Washington’s deep hostility toward Iranians and Muslims.
The executive order restricts travel from 19 countries, primarily in Africa and the Middle East, in a new ‘Muslim travel ban’ of sorts – given it mirrors similar policies from Trump’s first term in office, and will take effect Monday. There are outright bans imposed on a dozen of the nations.
Iranian official Alireza Hashemi-Raja criticized the move as reflecting a “supremacist and racist mentality” among American policymakers.