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US Travel Ban Reflects 'Racist Mentality': Iran
Hindustan Times Gurugram
|June 08, 2025
Tehran denounced on Saturday the US travel ban on Iranians and citizens of 11 other mostly Middle Eastern and African countries, saying Washington's decision was a sign of a "racist mentality".
TEHRAN:
US President Donald Trump signed on Wednesday an executive order reviving sweeping restrictions that echo his first-term travel ban, justified on national security grounds following a firebomb attack at a pro-Israel rally in Colorado.
This story is from the June 08, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Gurugram.
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