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Tehran, Iran – 5 June 2025
1. Tehran skyline
2. Iranian flags
3. Various of pedestrians and traffic on road
4. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Mehdi, 40, no last name given, Tehran resident:
"It’s fine, but if he (Donald Trump) also kicks out the children of officials who live there (in the U.S.) it would be very nice. We can’t afford traveling to the U.S., almost 80% of us can’t. But if he kicks out those who are already there it would be much better."
5. Pedestrians
6. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Mehdi, 40, no last name given, Tehran resident:
"Iran’s image has been ruined around the world. I mean some people have ruined it. Almost the whole world think we are terrorists."
7.Pedestrians
8. Wide of poster with picture of late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, text reading (Farsi): "The straight way to God is not depending on the East or the West."
9. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Hossein Movahhed, 18, Tehran resident:
"This is all nonsense. It’s not like we’re dying to go to America. We won’t ask for permission to go. We didn’t want to go to America even before (the travel ban). He says loads of nonsense and he will keep doing so. We don’t care at all."
10. Pedestrians
11. Traffic on road
12. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Mehri Soltani, Tehran resident:
"Those who have family members in the U.S., it’s their right to go. But a bunch of bad people and terrorists and murderers want to go there as well. So his policy is correct. He’s doing the right thing."
13. Traffic on road
14. Pedestrians
15. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Ali Dadashi, 68, Tehran resident:
"This guy is crazy. If he wasn’t crazy, how would he do this? Human beings are free. This is a free world. We want to go everywhere."
16. Various of traffic on road
STORYLINE:
Tehran residents expressed mixed reactions hours after the U.S. announced new travel bans affecting a number of countries including Iran.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday resurrected a hallmark policy of his first term, announcing that citizens of 12 countries would be banned from visiting the United States and those from seven others would face restrictions.
"This is all nonsense. It’s not like we’re dying to go to America," said one Tehran resident.
Another woman said Trump’s " policy is correct," but those who have family members in the U.S. should have the right to travel there.
The ban takes effect Monday at 12:01 a.m., a cushion that may avoid the chaos that unfolded at airports nationwide when a similar measure took effect with virtually no notice in 2017.
Trump, who signaled plans for a new ban upon taking office in January, appears to be on firmer ground this time after the Supreme Court sided with him.
Some, but not all, 12 countries also appeared on the list of banned countries in Trump’s first term.
The new ban includes Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.
There will be heightened restrictions on visitors from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.
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