Iran blasts Trump for ‘racist mentality’ and hostility to Muslims over travel ban

Tehran condemns Donald Trump's order barring 12 countries' citizens from entering US as violation of fundamental principles of international law'

Tehran has denounced the US travel ban on Iranians and citizens of 11 other mostly Middle Eastern and African countries, saying Washington's decision was a sign of a racist mentality".

Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday reviving sweeping restrictions that echo the US president's first-term travel ban, justified on national security grounds after a firebomb attack at a pro-Israel rally in Colorado.