{"id":124535,"date":"2025-09-29T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=124535"},"modified":"2025-09-27T14:18:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T12:18:20","slug":"27-00-115","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=124535","title":{"rendered":"GOP senators move to block sanctioned Iranian officials from entering US"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr>\n<hr>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reunion68.com\/Biuletyn\/img\/jns-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"35%\"><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><span><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/gop-senators-move-to-block-sanctioned-iranian-officials-from-entering-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GOP senators move to block sanctioned Iranian officials from entering US<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>U.S. News<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\">\n<div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cIf you are a crony of the ayatollah who has been sanctioned by the United States, it means that you pose a threat to the safety and security of Americans,\u201d Sen. Ted Cruz stated.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/me.jnsi.org\/uploads\/2025\/09\/UN71116937_20250919_LJ_SC_AM-12_.jpg\" width=\"100%\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Amir Saeid Iravani, Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations, at the U.N. Security Council, Sept. 19, 2025. Credit: U.N. Photo\/Laura Jarriel.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Eight Republican senators introduced legislation on Thursday that would bar sanctioned Iranians from entering the United States as diplomatic representatives to the United Nations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Under the Strengthening Entry Visa Enforcement and Restrictions (SEVER) Act, any Iranian official designated under Executive Order 13876 would be&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rickscott.senate.gov\/services\/files\/B35B4ED8-A50C-4DB1-A04C-EB95EEDAE49C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">barred<\/a>&nbsp;from receiving a diplomatic visa for entering the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), one of the co-sponsors of the bill, accused the Iranian regime of responsibility for the \u201cmurder, injury and kidnapping of thousands of Americans.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cIf you are a crony of the ayatollah who has been sanctioned by the United States, it means that you pose a threat to the safety and security of Americans, and you should not be allowed on American soil\u2014let alone to engage in diplomacy at the United Nations General Assembly,\u201d Cruz stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Cruz and Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) led the bill, joined by Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Ashley Moody (R-Fla.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.). Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) introduced the House companion legislation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">More than 100 people and entities are designated for sanctions under Executive Order 13876, which U.S. President Donald Trump signed in 2019 in an effort to target the inner circle of Iran\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The United States and Iran have not had diplomatic relations since 1980, and the State Department imposes travel restrictions on Iranian diplomats posted to Turtle Bay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">On Monday, the department&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/trump-admin-bars-iranian-diplomats-from-shopping-at-wholesale-stores-in-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;that Iranian diplomats would be forbidden from shopping at luxury and wholesale stores.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In 2019, the State Department rejected a request from Javad Zarif, Iran\u2019s foreign minister and one of the officials sanctioned under Executive Order 13876, to visit Iran\u2019s U.N. ambassador at a New York hospital where he was receiving cancer treatment.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\">\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"content-alignment\">\n<div id=\"watch-description\" class=\"yt-uix-button-panel\">\n<div id=\"watch-description-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><em>Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion&#8217;68,<\/em><em><br \/>\nani te\u017c webmastera Blogu Reunion&#8217;68, chyba ze jest to wyra\u017anie zaznaczone.<br \/>\nTwoje uwagi, linki, w\u0142asne artyku\u0142y lub wiadomo\u015bci prze\u015blij na adres:<br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"mailto:webmaster@reunion68.com\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">webmaster@reunion68.com<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOP senators move to block sanctioned Iranian officials from entering US U.S. News \u201cIf you are a crony of the ayatollah who has been sanctioned by the United States, it means that you pose a threat to the safety and security of Americans,\u201d Sen. Ted Cruz stated. 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