US wrestling team denied visas for competition in Iran

[SidDithers]

The US wrestling team won't be able to compete in this month's Freestyle World Cup in Iran because visas were denied to its members, the Iranian semiofficial Tasnim News Agency said Friday.

Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said a special committee reviewed the case Friday and "eventually the visit by the USA freestyle wrestling team was opposed," according to the agency.

The denial comes after Iran announced it would take "reciprocal measures" toward US citizens following President Donald Trump's order last week banning entry to nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries, including Iran, to the United States.

Ghasemi said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was "obliged inevitably to oppose the US wrestling team's travel to Iran" in the wake of Trump's policies, according to the semiofficial FARS news agency.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/03/sport/iran-usa-wrestling-team-visa-denied/index.html


What goes around comes around.


Sid

[chillfactor]

1. no surprise there...

it was expected I believe. The orange one has now taken his rampage to deny our athletes a chance to compete on the world stage.

[missingfink]

2. Trump & his followers don't give a (darn)

International sporting events should be exempt from the travel ban but I guess turn-about is fair play. The world cup should be moved to a non-banned country. The USA will host the same tournament next year so this isn't going away. By the way, the Iranians have won this several years in a row.