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US Leaves Unanswered Questions About Entry Ban on Iranian Officials, Family
Members

Michael Lipin

   This article originated in [1]VOA's Persian service.VOA Persian's
   KatherineAhncontributed.
   The Trump administration has provided few additional details of a newly
   announced entry ban on Iran's senior officials and their family
   members, leaving unanswered questions about whom it will affect.
   President Donald Trump declared the entry ban on Wednesday via
   aproclamation ordering U.S. authoritiesto "restrict and suspend" the
   ability of "senior government officials of Iran and their immediate
   family members" to enter the U.S. as immigrants or nonimmigrants. It
   was his latest move in what he has called a "maximum pressure" campaign
   to pressure Iran to end perceived malign behaviors.
   In a [2]Thursday statement, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo offered
   one new detail about the proclamation, saying it was targeted at
   "designated" senior Iranian officials. That refers to officials who
   have been placed by the U.S. government on its list of Specially
   Designated Nationals, whose assets under U.S. jurisdiction are blocked
   and whom Americans are generally prohibited from dealing with.

   'No more'
   "For years, Iranian regime elites have shouted, 'Death to America.'
   Meanwhile, their relatives have come here to live and to work. No
   more," Pompeo said in remarks to reporters in New York.
   In a separate media appearance in New York, U.S. Special Representative
   for Iran Brian Hook responded to a question about who is on the list of
   banned Iranian officials by noting that Tehran makes regular personnel
   changes among its government ministers and military leaders, including
   those of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, designated by the U.S.
   as a Foreign Terrorist Organization in April.

References

   1. https://ir.voanews.com/
   2. https://www.state.gov/iranian-regime-elite-and-families-can-no-longer-travel-to-the-united-states/

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