Iran to continue to ban US tourists

BANGKOK Despite the US president signing off on a revised travel ban, Monday, Iran’s deputy foreign minister says Iran’s “retaliatory decision” over Trump’s initial travel ban remain in place.

The semi-official ISNA news agency quoted deputy foreign Minister, Majid Takht-e Ravanchi as saying that the measures Iran implemented over the initial Trump executive order last January US entry is “still in force” and that there is “no need for a new decision.”

Iran had previously said it would reciprocate by banning Americans from getting visas to visit Iran, after the country was listed on the travel ban.

Ravanchi spoke a day after Trump signed the new order, which continues to include Iran and five other Muslim-majority countries.

The Iranian minister added that “currently we are witnessing chaos in both domestic and foreign policies with regards the US.”

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