Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has condemned the
partial reinstatement of US President, Donald Trump’s travel ban, noting
that the decision will energize terrorists.
The ban is “the biggest gift for extremist groups,” Iranian Foreign
Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in Berlin on Tuesday after meeting
his German counterpart Sigmar Gabriel.
The US apex court ruling had reinstated Trump’s travel ban targeting citizens from six mainly Muslim countries – Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.
In his reaction, Trump said the unanimous Supreme Court decision “is a clear victory for our national security.”
But Zarif said the development would force terrorists to do more harm.
“It is regrettable that the citizens of the countries on the list
have never participated in any act of terrorism against the U.S. and yet
they are being punished for acts of terrorism,” he said.
In an apparent reference to Saudi Arabia, Zarif said the travel ban
punishes people who have never been “involved in terrorism”, while
citizens of other countries involved in past terrorist acts were not
affected.
Trump’s revised executive order halts entry to the US for affected counties for 90 days.
The President maintains that the steps were necessary in order to
revise security screening to safeguard the nation from external threats.
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