Jun 25, 2018

Former NATO chief Javier Solana said Monday his online application to enter the United States was turned down for having travelled to Iran where he took part in negotiations on a nuclear deal.

"It's a petty decision," he told Spanish television, explaining he had gone to Iran in 2013 to attend President Hassan Rohani's swearing-in ceremony.

"I went as a representative for all those who negotiated" a deal later reached in 2015 aimed

at ensuring Tehran would not develop a nuclear bomb, from which the United States withdrew in May.

"People must go to the most complicated countries to keep going with negotiations.