Iran agrees to issue visas for US wrestling team

Published February 5th, 2017 - 02:02 GMT
Iran lifts entry ban for American wrestlers
Iran lifts entry ban for American wrestlers

Iran’s special committee in foreign ministry agreed to issue visas for US wrestling team, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman announced.

“Iran’s special committee agreed to issue visas for US wrestling team in order to be able to compete in the Freestyle World Cup which will be held in Iran in February regarding the pause in implementation of discriminatory restrictions against Iranian nations according to a US federal judge’s order and with regard to the requests of Iranian wrestling federation and United world wrestling’s presidents,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said.

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