{"id":33034,"date":"2017-02-05T11:40:17","date_gmt":"2017-02-05T11:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33034"},"modified":"2017-02-05T11:40:17","modified_gmt":"2017-02-05T11:40:17","slug":"iran-agrees-to-grant-visas-to-us-wrestling-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33034","title":{"rendered":"Iran agrees to grant visas to US wrestling team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-32960\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/FreestyleWrestling2.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"343\" alt=\"FreestyleWrestling2\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/FreestyleWrestling2.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/FreestyleWrestling2-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/FreestyleWrestling2-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Tehran: The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Sunday announced that it would allow the US wrestling team to enter the country in order to participate in the <strong><a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/4003-freestyle-world-cup\">Freestyle World Cup<\/a><\/strong> competition.<\/p>\n<p>The event was scheduled to take place in the province of Kermanshah on February 16-17, Efe news reported.<\/p>\n<p>After Iran dened visas two days ago, Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi said in a statement that his department had decided to grant the US athletes visas.<\/p>\n<p>This change of decision came after a federal judge issued on Friday a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of President Donald Trump&#8217;s executive order banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:&nbsp;<a href=\"other-sports\/international\/44162-us-wrestling-team-denied-visas-for-competition-in-iran\">US wrestling team denied visas for competition in Iran<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tensions between the two countries soared after Iran tested a ballistic missile last week and Washington responded with imposing new sanctions against individuals and groups linked to its weapons programme.<\/p>\n<p>Iran reacted to both actions by taking reciprocal measures, and also carried out missile tests, an action condemned by Washington.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-32960\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/FreestyleWrestling2.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"343\" alt=\"FreestyleWrestling2\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; 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