Iran on Saturday blasted US President Donald Trump’s travel ban on countries including the Islamic Republic, saying it showed “deep hostility” toward Iranians and Muslims.
“The decision to ban the entry of Iranian nationals – merely due to their religion and nationality – not only indicates the deep hostility of American decision-makers towards the Iranian people and Muslims but also violates… international law,” a senior foreign ministry official said in a statement posted on the X social media platform.
The US travel ban on hundreds of millions of people because of their nationality or faith “amounts to racial prejudice and systematic racism prevailing in the US government,” said the director general of the Iranian Expatriates’ Affairs Department at the ministry Alireza Hashemi Raja.
Iran slams Washington’s racist move to ban entry of citizens from several countries into US
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— Foreign Ministry, Islamic Republic of Iran 🇮🇷 (@IRIMFA_EN) June 7, 2025
He called on the United Nations and the human rights organizations to overtly oppose the US’ unilateral policies that have violated the human rights norms.
Trump’s proclamation on Wednesday will bar citizens from 12 countries starting on Monday, alleging that the move was needed to protect against “foreign terrorists” and other security threats.
The countries are Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Congo Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.
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— Reuters (@Reuters) June 5, 2025
The entry of people from seven other countries – Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela – will be partially restricted.
The ban was reminiscent of a similar move Trump implemented during his first term in office from 2017 to 2021, when he barred travelers from seven Muslim-majority nations.
Source: Agencies
