Tehran condemns US ‘harassment’ of Iranians at its borders

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News ID: 44959
Iran » Iran
Publish Date: 19:47 - 25 January 2020
Tehran 25January_Iran has denounced “unconstitutional and inhuman” treatment of travelers of Iranian descent by US border guards, saying the American government holds responsibility for the harassment.

Tehran condemns US ‘harassment’ of Iranians at its bordersTEHRAN, Young Journalists Club(YJC)_The reaction by Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi on Saturday came after Canadian news agency CBC revealed that US border officers had been instructed to target and interrogate Iranian-born travelers.

The revelation follows reports that up to 200 people of Iranian descent travelling from Canada were detained and questioned for hours at multiple Canada-US border crossings during the weekend of Jan. 4 after the US assassinated a top Iranian military commander.

“Such highly discriminatory practices against people, purely because of their race, nationality, or religion, are wholly rejected in terms of international human rights laws and practices, and the US government is responsible for them,” Mousavi said.

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