No One Can Humiliate Iranian Nation, Official Says after Trump’s Visa Ban Order
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – After the new US president signed an executive order banning all immigrants and visa holders from seven countries, including Iran, from entering the US for 90 days, a senior Iranian official reminded Trump of Iran’s rich history and its aversion to violence and terrorism.
In a post on his Twitter account on Saturday, Political Deputy of Iran’s Presidential Office Hamid Aboutalebi called on US President Donald Trump to study about Iranians’ Aryan history, Islamic humanitarian values, and philanthropy, asking Trump whether he has ever heard of the Cyrus Charter – also known as the Cyrus Cylinder, believed to be the oldest charter or symbol of universal human rights.
Aboutalebi said that Iran takes pride in hosting Muslims, Jews, Christians and Assyrians for millennia and that the “old and very civilized nation of Iran” does not tolerate violence and terrorism but opposes them.
He further said that the Iranian nation has stood proud and dignified over the past 3,000 years, reminding Trump that nobody has been able to humiliate Iranians throughout the country’s history.
The new order Trump signed on Friday bars all persons from seven countries from entering the US for 90 days and suspends the US Refugee Admissions Program for 120 days. The countries impacted are Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Yemen and Somalia.
Trump’s order will also cancel the Visa Interview Waiver Program, which once allowed repeat travelers to the United States to be able to forgo an in-person interview to renew their visa. Under the new order, these travelers will now have to have in-person interviews.
In comments on Saturday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said today’s world would not tolerate separating peoples.
There is no room for separation of nations in the present era, the Iranian president explained, saying people of the world have turned into neighbors due to cultural, scientific and civilizational globalization.
He further highlighted the long history of peaceful coexistence among various Iranian religions, ethnicities, cultures and races, stressing that Iran has never been familiar with racial prejudice.