Dimensions of Trump's Executive Order on Banning Iranian Citizens from Entering the U.S.

Donald Trump, the President of the United States, signed an order on Friday that imposes restrictions on citizens from several countries traveling to the U.S. It was previously reported that this order includes Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Sudan, and Somalia. The ban on issuing U.S. visas for ordinary citizens of these countries is set for 90 days, and for refugees, it is 120 days. Although Iran is not explicitly named in this order, it refers to laws that, according to Rasoul Nafisi, a political analyst in the U.S., 'certainly include Iranian citizens as well.' The issuance of this executive order has led to reactions from several prominent political and academic figures, and the Iranian Foreign Ministry has threatened to take reciprocal action. Taraneh Alidoosti, an Iranian actress and one of the stars of the film 'The Salesman,' nominated for Best Foreign Film at this year's Oscars, announced that she will not attend the Oscars in protest against this order. Saeed Mahmoudi, an international law expert in Sweden, stated, 'This order does not contradict the international commitments of the U.S. under the Geneva Convention regarding the rights of refugees.'