{"id":57046,"date":"2017-01-28T14:21:22","date_gmt":"2017-01-28T14:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/?p=57046"},"modified":"2017-01-28T14:21:22","modified_gmt":"2017-01-28T14:21:22","slug":"not-the-time-to-build-walls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/not-the-time-to-build-walls\/","title":{"rendered":"Not the time to build walls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranian President Hassan Rouhani criticised his US counterpart Donald Trump on Saturday, saying now was &#8220;not the time to build walls between nations&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;They have forgotten that the Berlin Wall collapsed many years ago. Even if there are walls between nations, they must be removed,&#8221; Rouhani said at a tourism convention in Tehran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-57048\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Hassan-Rouhani.jpg\" alt=\"Hassan-Rouhani\" width=\"660\" height=\"330\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">His remarks came after Trump ordered construction of a wall along the US-Mexico border and imposed tough new controls on travellers from seven Muslim countries, among them Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rouhani did not comment directly on the visa ban, but said Iran had &#8220;opened its doors&#8221; to foreign tourists since the signing of a nuclear agreement with world powers in 2015.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-57049\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/920x1240-1.jpg\" alt=\"Hassan-Rouhani\" width=\"665\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/920x1240-1.jpg 920w, https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/920x1240-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With more than a million Iranians living in the United States, many families are deeply concerned about the implications of Trump`s visa ban, which also affects citizens from Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">No visas will be issued for migrants or visitors from these countries for at least 90 days, a restriction which can be extended if the countries in question do not provide extensive information on individuals seeking to enter the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian President Hassan Rouhani criticised his US counterpart Donald Trump on Saturday, saying now was &#8220;not the time to build walls between nations&#8221;. &#8220;They have forgotten that the Berlin Wall collapsed many years ago. Even if there are walls between nations, they must be removed,&#8221; Rouhani said at a tourism convention in Tehran. 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