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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