Iran Might Limit US Tourists After Trump Order

Iran Might Limit US Tourists After Trump Order
President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Hall of Heroes at the Department of Defense in Arlington, Virginia on Jan. 27, 2017. (Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images)
The Associated Press
1/28/2017
Updated:
1/28/2017

Iran’s foreign ministry is suggesting the country will limit issuing visas to American tourists in retaliation for U.S. President Donald Trump’s suspension of immigration and visas for nationals from Muslim countries including Iran.

The official IRNA news agency Saturday carried a statement by the Iranian foreign ministry that says Iran will resort to “counteraction” to Trump’s executive order.

The statement says: “Iran, to defend the dignity of the great Iranian nation, will implement the principle of reciprocity until the removal of the insulting restriction against Iranian nationals.”

The statement adds: “It will apply corresponding legal, consular and political actions.”

The two countries have had no diplomatic relations since 1979 when militants stormed the U.S. embassy.