Portugal suspends visas to Iranians ‘for security reasons’

[Kailash Kumar]

Portugal suspends visas to Iranians ‘for security reasons’

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

JULY 16, 2019

LISBON, PORTUGAL

Portugal's foreign minister says his country has temporarily stopped granting visas to Iranians "for security reasons."

Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva told a Portuguese parliament committee about the decision on Tuesday but declined to elaborate on the rationale for it. He said he would provide details privately to lawmakers on the committee.

Portugal has long had diplomatic relations with Iran, though trade and ties are minor compared with other European Union countries.

Online newspaper Observador reports that national news agency Lusa quoted Santos Silva saying, "Portugal doesn't take lightly who it lets into the country."

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[waz]

Good move, many of them were using the visa as a jumping point to illegally enter the UK. The disaster of the visa free travel travel scheme operated from Serbia has led to high levels of intrusion by Iranians arriving by boat.

 

[JPMM]

There must be some other issue!!!
I am talking off "military" issue. And I am talking of USA-related.

Thanks

 

[Sineva]

Another act of utterly incomprehensible brainlessness by the eurovassals.They talk about wanting to preserve the jcpoa and then they go and pull stupid stunts like this.Do they really believe that their mealy mouthed platitudes about preserving the jcpoa count for more with iran than hostile acts like this?.
Dumb move,really,really dumb.

 

[JPMM]

The real reason was that an Iranian emploe of the Portuguese embassy was shot, someone was trying to get visas!