United States Visa Embargo against Iran
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Since the Iranian revolution
, United States has established visa embargo against Iranian citizens. Iranian journalists and politicians, in many occasions, were not allowed to attend the United Nations
meetings and events due to the United States’ visa embargo against Iran.
Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution refers to events involving the overthrow of Iran's monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the...
, United States has established visa embargo against Iranian citizens. Iranian journalists and politicians, in many occasions, were not allowed to attend the United Nations
United Nations
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meetings and events due to the United States’ visa embargo against Iran.
2002
- Abbas KiarostamiAbbas KiarostamiAbbas Kiarostami is an internationally acclaimed Iranian film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer. An active filmmaker since 1970, Kiarostami has been involved in over forty films, including shorts and documentaries...
was denied a visa to enter the United States attempting to attend the New York Film Festival.
- Iran's most acclaimed musicians, Hossein AlizadehHossein AlizadehHossein Alizadeh , is an Iranian composer, radif-preserver, researcher, teacher, and tar and setar instrumentalist and improviser, described by Allmusic as a leading Iranian classical composer and musician....
was denied a US visa and did not attend the concert with Shajarian’s team.
2006
- More than 100 Iranian citizens traveling to Santa Clara for a reunion of graduates and professors from Sharif university were stopped at U.S. airports and told the visas they were carrying had been revoked.
- 15 IranIranIran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
ian journalists accompanying Iranian president to the United Nations General Assembly were not granted visa.
2007
- The U.S. denied a visa to Iran's United Nations ambassador who was scheduled to participate in UN General Assembly meeting.
2008
- Iranian Blind Powerlifting Team did not participate in the world championship in Miami due to visa denial.
2009
- Parviz Davoudi, the vice president of Iran was denied a visa to attend United Nations’ economic meeting.