TEHRAN: Changes to a US visa waiver program that impose travel restrictions on those who visit Iran contradict the landmark nuclear agreement between Tehran and world powers, deputy foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday.
The US in recent days tightened security requirements of its visa waiver program, which allows citizens of 38 countries to travel to the US without visas. Now, people from those countries who have traveled to Iran, Iraq, Syria and Sudan in the past five years must obtain visas to enter the U.S.
The new rule was signed into law by US president Barack Obama on Friday as part of a $1.1 trillion spending bill.
Under the nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the world powers including the U.S. are committed to refrain from any policy intended to adversely affect normalization of trade and economic relations with Iran.
``The law Obama signed contradicts JCPOA,'' state TV quoted Araghchi as saying. ``Definitely, this law adversely affects economic, cultural, scientific and tourism relations.''
The US in recent days tightened security requirements of its visa waiver program, which allows citizens of 38 countries to travel to the US without visas. Now, people from those countries who have traveled to Iran, Iraq, Syria and Sudan in the past five years must obtain visas to enter the U.S.
The new rule was signed into law by US president Barack Obama on Friday as part of a $1.1 trillion spending bill.
Under the nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the world powers including the U.S. are committed to refrain from any policy intended to adversely affect normalization of trade and economic relations with Iran.
``The law Obama signed contradicts JCPOA,'' state TV quoted Araghchi as saying. ``Definitely, this law adversely affects economic, cultural, scientific and tourism relations.''
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