{"id":93194,"date":"2017-03-09T00:13:16","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T05:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=93194"},"modified":"2017-03-09T00:13:16","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T05:13:16","slug":"iran-vows-countermeasure-against-us-visa-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/03\/09\/iran-vows-countermeasure-against-us-visa-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran vows countermeasure against US visa ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_93196\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93196\" style=\"width: 345px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Takhteravanchi_2014-02-18.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93196\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Takhteravanchi_2014-02-18.png\" alt=\"Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for European and American Affairs, Majid Takht-Ravanchi, said that Iran will counter the US visa ban against Iranians, theTehran Times daily reported on Wednesday. (Photo By Dragan Tatic, Das \u00f6sterreichische Au\u00dfenministerium - https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:2014-02-18_Irankonferenz_%2812610684424%29.jpg, CC BY 2.0,)\" width=\"345\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Takhteravanchi_2014-02-18.png 345w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Takhteravanchi_2014-02-18-265x300.png 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for European and American Affairs, Majid Takht-Ravanchi, said that Iran will counter the US visa ban against Iranians, theTehran Times daily reported on Wednesday. (Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=32777421\">Dragan Tatic, Das \u00f6sterreichische Au\u00dfenministerium &#8211; https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:2014-02-18_Irankonferenz_%2812610684424%29.jpg, CC BY 2.0,<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>TEHRAN\u2014Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for European and American Affairs, Majid Takht-Ravanchi, said that Iran will counter the US visa ban against Iranians, theTehran Times daily reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our earlier countermeasure against Trump&#8217;s order (to stop visa issuance for Iranians) is still in place,&#8221; Takht-Ravanchi said. &#8220;There is no need for a new decision.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Jan. 27, Trump issued an executive order for a 90-day ban on the entry visa issuance for seven Muslim-majority countries in the Middle East and North Africa, namely, Somalia, Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Syria, Libya and Yemen. However, it was halted later by a federal court.<\/p>\n<p>On Jan. 31, Iran said that it had stopped granting visas to US citizens in response to Washington&#8217;s travel ban.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the White House revised the earlier executive order and signed a new order that excludes Iraqi citizens, but keeps the visa applicants from six other countries, still targeting Iranians. The order is to be put into effect on March 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEHRAN\u2014Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for European and American Affairs, Majid Takht-Ravanchi, said that Iran will counter the US visa ban &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":93196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,16,17],"tags":[16376],"class_list":["post-93194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news","category-news-w","tag-majid-takht-ravanchi","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}