Iran advises citizens traveling to US to exercise caution

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s Foreign Ministry in a statement released on Sunday advised Iranian citizens to make sure that there would be no problem for them before starting their trip to US.

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29 January 2017

US president Donald Trump on Friday inked an executive order which temporarily blocks the entry of citizens from certain Muslim-majority countries including Iran to the United States, according to IRNA.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry statement advised Iranian nationals to make sure by reliable sources that there would be no problem for them en route to the US and in the ports of entry to this country.

According to the dispatches, several would-be passengers have been barred from boarding flights to the United States. A new US immigration ban will even apply to Green Card holders from seven Muslim-majority nations.

The plan for banning visa for immigrants and citizen of certain countries has stirred reaction of the US human rights activists who believe that immigration is a significant part of the culture dominating the country and regard such an approach in contradiction with the US values.

The plan has also made some US lawmakers, artists and political analysts, civil rights activists show reaction.