Iran blasts Trump for ‘racist mentality’ and hostility to Muslims over trip ban

Tehran has denounced the US trip ban on Iranians and voters of 11 different most commonly Middle Eastern and African nations, announcing Washington’s determination used to be an indication of a “racist mentality”.

Donald Trump signed an government order on Wednesday reviving sweeping restrictions that echo america president’s first-term trip ban, justified on nationwide safety grounds after a firebomb assault at a pro-Israel rally in Colorado.

Alireza Hashemi-Raja, the overseas ministry’s director common for the affairs of Iranians out of the country, known as the measure – which takes impact on 9 June – “a clear sign of the dominance of a supremacist and racist mentality among American policymakers”.

The determination “indicates the deep hostility of American decision-makers towards the Iranian and Muslim people”, he added in a commentary the ministry launched on Saturday.

Apart from Iran, america ban objectives nationals of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. A partial ban used to be imposed on travellers from seven different nations.

Hashemi-Raja stated the coverage “violates fundamental principles of international law” and deprives “hundreds of millions of people of the right to travel based solely on their nationality or religion”.

The overseas ministry reliable stated the ban used to be discriminatory and would “entail international responsibility for the US government”, with out elaborating.

Iran and america severed diplomatic ties in a while after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and family members have remained deeply strained since.

The US is house to the most important Iranian neighborhood out of doors Iran. According to figures from Tehran’s overseas ministry, in 2020 there have been about 1.5 million Iranians in america.

Trump’s government order got here days after Sunday’s assault on the Colorado rally, during which government stated greater than a dozen folks have been harm. The suspect is an Egyptian guy who had overstayed a vacationer visa.