Iran will stop issuing entry visas to US citizens in response to US President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration, the country's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said.
Zarif clarified that individual exceptions would be reviewed on a case-by-base basis, Sputnik reports.
On Saturday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry pledged to reciprocate the ban, however, the state's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif specified that Tehran's decision would not be retroactive and all US nationals with valid visas would still be welcome in Iran.
Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday blocking all refugees from coming to the United States for 120 days and suspending entry for nationals of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Libya and Somalia for 90 days.
