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Iran says US travel ban reflects 'racist mentality'

US President Donald Trump pumps his fist upon arrival at Miami International Airport on April 3, 2025. US President Donald Trump signed a new travel ban June 4, 2025 targeting 12 countries. [AFP]


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".

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.

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